[6] Everyspeciesoftheanimalaswellasthevegetablecreationmaybesaidtohaveafixedordeterminateform, towardswhichNatureiscontinuallyinclining, likevariouslinesterminatinginthecentre; oritmaybecomparedtopendulumsvibratingindifferentdirectionsoveronecentralpoint: andastheyallcrossthecentre, thoughonlyonepassesthroughanyotherpoint, soitwillbefoundthatperfectbeautyisoftenerproducedbyNaturethandeformity: Idonotmeanthandeformityingeneral, : thelinethatformsaridgeofthenoseisbeautifulwhenitisstraight; this, then, isthecentralform, whichisoftenerfoundthaneitherconcave, convex, , wemayconcludethattobethereasonwhyweapproveandadmireit, asweapproveandadmirecustomsandfashionsofdressfornootherreasonthanthatweareusedtothem; sothatthoughhabitandcustomcannotbesaidtobethecauseofbeauty, itiscertainlythecauseofourlikingit; andIhavenodoubtbutthatifweweremoreusedtodeformitythanbeauty, deformitywouldthenlosetheideanowannexed3toit, andtakethatofbeauty: asifthewholeworldshouldagree, thatyesandnoshouldchangetheirmeaning; yeswouldthendeny, andnowouldaffirm.
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