Absence of flaws; quality of an ideal object

A profile of an old mentally disabled man, skulls of various races, skulls of a monkey and an orangutan, and a perfect, diagrammed human face; demonstrating the methods of physiognomy. Coloured engraving by H. Adlard, 1824.

An 'ideal head' shown to have slight idiosyncrasies in physiognomy. Drawing, c. 1789, after Raphael.

A black man with a red head and right arm emerges from a foul stream into a landscape where a winged woman is waiting for him with a red garment; representing the transformations of the alchemical work from corruption to perfection. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

The gleam of light : moral perfectionism and education in Dewey and Emerson / Naoko Saito.

A plain account of Christian perfection , as believed and taught by the Rev. Mr. John Wesley, from the year 1725, to the year 1777.

The character of a Methodist . By John Wesley, M. A. Late Fellow of Lincoln-College, Oxford.

A plain account of Christian perfection , as believed and taught by the Rev. Mr. John Wesley, from the year 1725, to the year 1765.

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Perfection

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An 'ideal head' shown to have slight idiosyncrasies in physiognomy. Drawing, c. 1789, after Raphael.

The gleam of light : moral perfectionism and education in Dewey and Emerson / Naoko Saito.

A plain account of Christian perfection , as believed and taught by the Rev. Mr. John Wesley, from the year 1725, to the year 1777.

The character of a Methodist . By John Wesley, M. A. Late Fellow of Lincoln-College, Oxford.

A plain account of Christian perfection , as believed and taught by the Rev. Mr. John Wesley, from the year 1725, to the year 1765.

Perfection

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An 'ideal head' shown to have slight idiosyncrasies in physiognomy. Drawing, c. 1789, after Raphael.

The gleam of light : moral perfectionism and education in Dewey and Emerson / Naoko Saito.

A plain account of Christian perfection , as believed and taught by the Rev. Mr. John Wesley, from the year 1725, to the year 1777.

The character of a Methodist . By John Wesley, M. A. Late Fellow of Lincoln-College, Oxford.

A plain account of Christian perfection , as believed and taught by the Rev. Mr. John Wesley, from the year 1725, to the year 1765.

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