On Beauty, and saving the world

What makes something truly beautiful, as opposed to merely pretty? Does Dostoevsky’s Prince Myshkin speak the truth when he claims “the world will be saved by beauty”?

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Apollo and Dionysus: Gods of order and chaos
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Apollo and Dionysus: Gods of order and chaos
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On Beauty, and saving the world

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enfleurage of jasmine
Natural aromatics

Capturing natural aromatics

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Orange Blossoms
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The art of slow perfume

How a perfume is born

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