kalon
(especially in ancient Greek philosophy) the ideal of beauty, especially moral goodness or nobility: He had done what was morally right and necessary, had taken possession of kalon, and thus fulfilled his destiny as a man.Achilles decides that his physical life is less important than the demands of kalon.
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The fruit characters of To-kalon are so similar to those of Catawba that it was hardly worthy of introduction.
The Grapes of New York | U. P. HedrickOnly a few atoms of kalon and meta-kalon have been found in the air of a fair-sized room.
Occult Chemistry | Annie Besant and Charles W. LeadbeaterHe agreed that the tragedy had inspired these sentiments in him, and that there was the to kalon, beauty.
Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary | VoltaireHe admitted that the tragedy had inspired him with these two sentiments, and that it was the To kalon, the beautiful.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 2 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)The man who called himself kalon was a magnificent creature, worthy, in a physical sense, to be the pontiff of Apollo.
The Innocence of Father Brown | G. K. Chesterton
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