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次の英文を読み, 後の問いに答えよ。
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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This proverb was first recorded in the English language in its current form in the 19th century.
However, (1).
the concept of people viewing beauty differently from their own points of view has been
around in most cultures of the world since ancient times. But what exactly is beauty, and is it really
subjective? The definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary is "the qualities in a person or a thing that
give pleasure to the senses or the mind." This definition, however, does not mention whether there is a
universal standard for beauty, or whether each individual person views beauty based on a totally
different set of standards. Some of the arts seem to suggest the (2) if we consider the fact that
everybody has their own favorite piece of music or painting that they consider to be beautiful. Nature,
on the other hand, consistently comes up with scenes that are universally considered to be beautiful.
There is little doubt that physical beauty, or beauty based on physical appearance of people, is
personal. The ideal "beautiful woman" differs between cultures, and in many cases is based on fashion.
Some cultures appreciate fatness, while others believe that body mutilation 2 represents beau
example, body art in the form of piercings and tattoos is recognized as a sign of beauty in many
countries of the world today, although there are also many people in these same countries who continue
to ( 4 ) with this assessment.
(3).
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hana including Pythagoras believed that beauty was based on
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