... ought to give the object in question his approval and follow suit." Plato, one of the earliest philosophers to concern himself with beauty, defined it as a "property intrinsic in objects" which could be measured in "purity, integrity, harmony and perfection." Definitions of beauty in the 20th century, when referring to human physical beauty, are nearly always constructed in terms of outward appearance and sexual attractiveness. Nancy Baker's definition is The Beauty Trap is more concerned with intangible personal qualities. "A truly beautiful woman makes the best of her physical assets but, more importantly, she also radiates a personal quality which is attractive." In Beauty In History, Arthur Marwick defines a human physical beauty in more direct terms: "The beautiful are those who are immediately exciting to almost all of the opposite sex." For the first two decades of the 20th century, many of the attitudes towards beauty associated with ...

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