The text discusses the concept of beauty and its significance according to Plato and Aristotle. Plato believed that beauty is a reflection of a perfect, unchanging original while Aristotle stated that to be beautiful, something must present order and symmetry. Both philosophers believed that beauty is a universal ideal with a disinterested and necessary judgment. They also shared the idea that beauty is a combination of form and sensory experience. Plato saw beauty as something that exists independently, while Aristotle saw it as a property of things. According to Plato, philosophy is where beauty and truthfulness intersect.