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A Lady’s Beauty is a Gentleman’s Delight
Romantic enough? Or: sexist enough? Or: validating ‘beauty’ and ‘delight’, is there any choice? Of course, this may all be reciprocal. Lady, gentleman These concepts seem to come from an unreal past. Even so, I do want to honor them, specifically in AURELIS-context. To me, they point to deep respect for oneself as total person Read the full article…
Deep Readings: Marcus Aurelius ― Meditations ― (~170 CE)
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