The Greek word was borrowed into Classical Latin as historia, meaning "investigation, inquiry, research, account, description, written account of past events, writing of history, historical narrative, recorded knowledge of past events, story, narrative".
What is beauty, anyway? You know it when you see it, but can you describe it? Can people agree on it, or is it purely subjective? Is our concept of beauty based in nature, or society?
These are the questions that people have been asking themselves for thousands of years.
We all worry, at some point in our lives, whether we’re not beautiful enough to be celebrated and loved (here’s a hint, though: you are!) — and we’ve also wondered why certain traits are considered beautiful and others aren’t.
And frankly, all of that wondering and second-guessing can get us down.
But it’s important to remember that beauty ideals are ever-changing, about how the ideal body type has changed drastically over the past century.
By looking at the past, we can see that at some point, just about everyone was considered the ideal!
It’s natural to feel down about your appearance from time to time, but remember, beauty standards are always changing, so comparing yourself to whatever’s fashionable now doesn’t do any good. And being kind, confident, and unique — that’s always beautiful!
