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I think I may define taste to be that faculty of the soul which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike.

Joseph Addison
Thinking, Imperfection, Soul
Joseph Addison (1839). “Essays, Moral and Humorous: Also Essays on Imagination and Taste”, p.112
I think I may define taste to be that faculty of the soul which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike.