Keats - 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' .
Do you agree with this statement?
2006-12-12 01:18:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Thanks for the responses thus far. But I am wondering if what Keats is saying is that all we need is Truth, which makes a kind of sense to me. And that Truth in itself is a form of Beauty? And that Beauty is NOT arbitary, or in the eye of the beholder, but an absolute, a state of perfection?
2006-12-12 01:33:51 · update #1
Yeah. He's saying what we find to be beautiful is all that matters - we don't need explanations of everything and rationality.
He also says (in Lamia) "Philosophy will clip an angel's wings, conquer all mysteries by rule and line, empty the haunted air and gnoméd mine, unweave a rainbow" , meaning if you try to analyse everything, to find the 'rational truth', rather than just taking things as they are and trusting your own perceptions, then everything loses its magic.
2006-12-12 03:13:22 · answer #1 · answered by fizzy_wolf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and No.
Its ok for art appreciation that beauty is truth and truth is beauty - they're not exactly the same thing but they're the same kind of thing. Of course truth should be objective while beauty can never be though we could argue that objective truth is beautiful we couldnt always argue that subjective beauty is truth because the people who saw it differently would refute it. I studied arts at degree level and turned to science when I realised how arbitrary it all was.
The addition 'and thats all you need to know' makes the statement kind of worthless. Obvious you need to know a hell of a lot more than one meaningless philosophical quip to get through life.
2006-12-12 01:28:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Keats saw things differently than the average human. He was of the dragon bloodline. They have a very high copper content to their blood rather than iron like us. Being of the bloodline, he was born enlightened. He could see across different dimensions all at once. We see only one. So, I would say that from his point of view the quote is true, for he saw and comprehended things which we do not. Peace and love>
2016-05-23 08:30:45 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-12-12 01:20:10 · answer #4 · answered by puffy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
YES...
It is one of the greatest ever statement made by a man on earth.
*******Beauty is truth, truth Beauty*******
It is all I know on earth and all I want to know....
As 'A thing of beauty is a joy forever'
Its loveliness increases and shall never pass into nothingness.
2006-12-12 01:38:57 · answer #5 · answered by music_lover 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From an artistic point of view, yes
2006-12-12 01:22:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope.
LOVE is all you need. Beauty is fleeting.
2006-12-12 01:20:46 · answer #7 · answered by Buck Flair 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Thanks for asking... I've been waiting for someone to ask this so that I could get it off my chest!
2006-12-12 01:23:55 · answer #8 · answered by jonti 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋