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The Metaphysics of Hotness

Why We Need the Ideal, Not the Relatable

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Megha Lillywhite
Jan 23, 2024
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Perhaps no word has been so abused and battered by modern culture, as the word beautiful. It is quite a tragedy to watch it sit by the roadside, wearing rags, knotted hair, asking for coins, shivering in the cold. Perhaps we shall go and look Venus in her beautiful blue eyes and take her hand, and perhaps we shall put a coat around her arms and give her warmth again. This is what I attempt to do with this little piece of writing I am putting out into the world. 

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