Perspective of or perspective on? Both sound right to me. Which is correct?

I think it is mostly used as perspective on…

@davidbetterman Thanks!

On.

In that case, it would be “perspective on”. “Perspective of” is used with a phrase such as “from the perspective of such-and-such”. It’s genitive in other words. Someone is owning that perspective if you use “of”. It can also be written “from such-and-such’s perspective”.

A quick googlefight of each term shows both to be in wide use.

You can also check such things using an online corpus.

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DominicX’s explanation is correct. It isn’t enough to know that both expressions are in use and accepted. They mean different things, so you have to consider the context..

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“The perspective of an eagle,” who would presumably have a unique perspective on a rabbit.