or is it just up to someone's taste?
According to Pythagoras, it's up to maths.
P.S: I mean about people's physiological beauty.
According to Pythagoras, it's up to maths.
P.S: I mean about people's physiological beauty.
Does beauty exist?
| polis wrote: |
| or is it just up to someone's taste?
According to Pythagoras, it's up to maths. P.S: I mean about people's physiological beauty. |
There is a fairly comprehensive article on this in stickie titled 'philosophy' - I haven't checked recently but I definitely remember writing one so it should be there
Everything is beauty! The fact that we are here and alive is beauty! Being human is beauty! And all humans are beautiful! If you're not seeing it, you're missin it!
| tijn01 wrote: |
| Everything is beauty! The fact that we are here and alive is beauty! Being human is beauty! And all humans are beautiful! If you're not seeing it, you're missin it! |
Not everything is beautiful. There are things and beings that are ugly, and that's just the way world is.
Beauty exists, but it has various forms, and unfortunately, in most cases is subjective, so people don't
get along about one person or thing being beautiful. It's a shame actually, when you find someone beautiful and other people don't.
| polis wrote: |
| or is it just up to someone's taste?
According to Pythagoras, it's up to maths. P.S: I mean about people's physiological beauty. |
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Nothing better illustrates this than an episode of the Twilight Zone where humans we think are beautiful are considered horribly deformed while hairy, pig-faced people are considered normal and beautiful.
Some people are regarded beautiful by just about everyone while with other people it's definately in the eye of the beholder. While some animals are regarded beautiful by most people, again there are others where it is most certainly in the eye of the beholder.
As far as people are concerned, it probably is a matter of mathmatics. For most of us the left and right side of our faces are slightly different, but the few whose faces are symetrical - left and right identcal - are considered beautiful. George Clooney is one such person.
A lot of it comes down to personal taste. While most of us regard flowers as being beautiful, we all have different favourites.
As far as people are concerned, it probably is a matter of mathmatics. For most of us the left and right side of our faces are slightly different, but the few whose faces are symetrical - left and right identcal - are considered beautiful. George Clooney is one such person.
A lot of it comes down to personal taste. While most of us regard flowers as being beautiful, we all have different favourites.
To find what beauty is, you should find things that are beautiful in the abstract: colors, lines, shapes, et cetera and look for them to determine what in the real world is beautiful. Without doing that, you are just relying on biological hardwiring to determine what is beautiful, without ever actually making the decision yourself.
But, since which abstract forms one finds beautiful are different from person to person, beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder. Perhaps if one could learn to find all possible forms beautiful, then everything would be beautiful, as was said earlier.
But, since which abstract forms one finds beautiful are different from person to person, beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder. Perhaps if one could learn to find all possible forms beautiful, then everything would be beautiful, as was said earlier.
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