''For beauty as a quality of a person's appearance see: Physical attractiveness. For other uses, see Beauty (disambiguation).''
Beauty is a quality present in an object, or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations , a meaningful design or pattern, or something else . Said another way, "beauty" is a quality of a person, object, place, or idea that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure, affirmation, meaning, or goodness. The subjective experience of "beauty" often involves the interpretation of some entity as being in balance and harmony with nature. This leads to powerful feelings of attraction and emotional well-being.
In its most profound sense, beauty may engender a salient experience of positive reflection about the meaning of one's own existence. An "object of beauty" is anything that reveals or resonates with personal meaning. Hence religious and moral teachings often focus on the divinity and virt
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