To me, beauty is a connection to myself. Some times it's perfection, sometimes it's the flaw, but it always seems to be relevent to what I have and what I desire.ChaoticMindSays wrote:What is beauty?
I would define beauty as being a quality about something, or someone, that brings warmth, peace, amazement, ect. to a persons perspective.
You?
Please, refrain from sending me dictionary responses. I want opinions, personal ideas. Not stereotypical dictionary gibberish (that is never quite the same from dictionary to dictionary )
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i'm very sorry i ditched the discussion i started, that you were kind enough to contribute to. circumstances WELL beyond my control...
on my topic you mentioned linguistics, so i'm fairly confident you're aware of the distinction between signifier and signified.
beauty is a word - a signifier. the signified is a quality - rather than an object, a quality an object may be thought to possess, but whether it does or not is a matter of subjective judgment.
is this too dictionary for you?
what's beauty to me?
...truth!
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One of the gains that education should give us is the judgement that reveals what is fools' treasure and what is real.Unfortunately our society is materialistic to the extent that educators are doing hard and often impossible work to stem the tides of lies.
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Beauty is Art
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I love how you say that something that is MORE beautiful than something else isn't superior. Doesn't more mean greater amount, therefore superior? I surely do. And to answer the question: Beauty is defined in many ways. It's perceived differently from person to person. I don't think we can define it for you.ChaoticMindSays wrote:"Beauty is the visual representation of superiority."
That seems like a rather weak definition to me. I do not consider something to be superior to something else because it is more beautiful. Beauty may be an characteristic that superiority can hold but It does not automatically mean something is superior.
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Nice definition. It is both clear and true, and, to me, beautiful.Socratimus wrote:What good is beauty to the visually impaired? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Still, wise men follow their own counsel, so, I'll make my own. Beauty is the subjective characteristic of an object (abstract (for instance, a feeling) or concrete (for instance, a face)), which brings happiness to the soul.
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Same good it is to everyone else. Obv.Socratimus wrote:What good is beauty to the visually impaired? [...]
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