2006-06-22 03:15:23 · 12 answers · asked by steph 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
what do you see in the mirror?
do you see beauty reflected?
are you the beheld...or the beholder...
true beauty comes from within...
Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.
—Charles Baudelaire, 1869
in L'Art Romantique
2006-06-22 03:42:38 · answer #1 · answered by sparkalittlefire 4 · 16⤊ 3⤋
It's in the eye of the beholder. The beheld is the person being looked at, and quite often even a handsome or beautiful person doesnt think they are as attractive as the person who is looking at them thinks.
2006-06-22 03:22:33 · answer #2 · answered by Theycouldntkillkenny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beholder, for if the beheld sees beauty, it is still in the eye of the beholder!
:)
2006-06-22 03:19:04 · answer #3 · answered by googlywotsit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beauty isnt intrinsic. It is always a product of societal standards. Compare beauty standards between some tribes in africa and those of your own society. As the concept of beauty differs between societies, so it does between individuals--the beholders. Beauty has nothing to do with the beheld.
2006-06-22 04:31:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both. Something is there in the object (beheld) and something is there in the subject (beholder).
2006-06-22 04:29:21 · answer #5 · answered by das.ganesh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both. But since we generally unconsciously depend on others to rate how we look, it's in the eyes of the beholder.
2006-06-22 03:18:40 · answer #6 · answered by ♥<ŦĦØΛ>♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think beauty in eye is beheld ...
One can say that beheld the beauty in his/her eyes ...
2006-06-22 03:20:58 · answer #7 · answered by Sara 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder.
An individual should look past the superficial exterior of another, and see the true beauty in the heart, the soul (assuming it is there, of course :-) ), and not get so hung up on exterior looks alone, which can be very misleading.
2006-06-22 03:19:27 · answer #8 · answered by no1home2day 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True beauty knows itself but does not begrudge those who do not know it. The answer is both, but without ego, without vanity, and, strangely, without shame.
2006-06-22 03:28:08 · answer #9 · answered by Alobar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both...because you have to feel beautiful to be beautiful
2006-06-22 03:19:10 · answer #10 · answered by INC0GNIT0 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋