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Definition of Beauty

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Beauty is difficult to define in exact terms. The author attempts to present some of the definitions through a number of publications. Selected without comment are a few thoughts starting with early Greek philosophers from the pre-Socratic period and continuing in our days. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye; it is in the mind.

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  1. Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Oradea Medical University, Oradea, Romania

    Toma T. Mugea M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Medestet Clinic, 9/7 Cipariu Square, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Toma T. Mugea M.D., Ph.D.

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  1. Medestet Clinic, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Toma T. Mugea

  2. Department of Surgery, Newport Specialty Hospital, Tustin, CA, USA

    Melvin A. Shiffman

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Mugea, T.T. (2015). Definition of Beauty. In: Mugea, T.T., Shiffman, M.A. (eds) Aesthetic Surgery of the Breast. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43407-9_1

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