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I think the idea of the social construction of beauty - this idea that beauty is simply whatever culture or society says it is - is on the run. Of course, beauty does arise in a cultural context. No one ever denies that. But there's also a natural response people have to it.

~Denis Dutton

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Biography

Nationality: New Zealander

Type: Philosopher

Born: February 9th, 1944

Died: December 28th, 2010

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