I wouldn't insert 'the' anywhere in this sentence, but I would re-write it thus: "What is regarded as attractive has changed in each period of history, that this which makes it difficult to define universal principles of good design'' However, if you insist on inserting 'the', then it would need to go before 'universal principles'.
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