beau idéal vs perfection

beau idéal

noun
  • Ideal excellence, or an imaginary standard of perfection. 

  • An emulable eidolon embodying excellence in a particular respect. 

perfection

noun
  • The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence 

  • A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence. 

verb
  • To perfect. 

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