2007-02-14 00:08:34 · 36 answers · asked by felix c 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
YES beauty IS always in the eyes of the beholder !
2007-02-14 00:10:39 · answer #1 · answered by silverearth1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is and is not in the eyes of the beholder. The ability to recognize the amazing varieties of beauty lies within the viewer. The object living or non-living that is considered admirable has an innate loveliness. Humans are conditioned by cultural, societal and religious influences to designate what is beautiful. For example, body markings may denote beauty to one group and not be attractive to others.
2007-02-14 00:21:42 · answer #2 · answered by david42 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.bio.psu.edu/people/faculty/strauss/anatomy/nerv/dissectedeye.htm
I don't see any beauty there!
So, NO it is not in the eye of the beholder. It is not a completely subjective thing either, otherwise it would make no sense talking about it. We share most of our aesthetic judgments, since we are brought up in a similar environment and influenced by the cultural tradition.
But watch out, i do not endorse a nature/nurture distinction. That would be arbitrary. Our surroundings also engender biological transformations in the mind, not only psychological. So nature/nurture is not similar to body/mind. It consist of a multitude of processes which enact on different levels, back and forth between the 'genetic blueprint' and the actual living conditions.
2007-02-14 00:57:24 · answer #3 · answered by Johannes 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Definately. I don't believe I'm beautiful, but my husband tells me I am every day, for 13 years now. I use to love Sean Claude Van Dam (Acter I guess), but when I found out he was a womaniser, I lost interest in his looks. It is definately in the eyes of the beholder. What others think doesn't matter, it is what you see or the one you love sees in you.
2007-02-14 00:13:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
-- SO THEN -- There is no "beauty" to a Blind Beholder ?????
I submit that beauty is not a physical trait, and is not necessarily beheld by physical perceptors. Beauty is a character trait, it is held internally, and it is beheld internally. Beauty is indeed beheld by the beholder, but not by the perception of the eye - for the eye cannot see into a character.
2007-02-14 00:46:54 · answer #5 · answered by me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes + that of cultural upbringing. I used to work with an African. I noticed he only dated fat women. When I asked why, he said because fat women are the most beautiful women in the world. It turned out in the society where he grew up, being fat is a thing of beauty and a symbol of high status.
2007-02-14 00:23:44 · answer #6 · answered by McDreamy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
.Yes it most definitely is. Beauty comes within and that is what the beholder sees.
2007-02-14 00:16:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-02-14 10:24:29 · answer #8 · answered by amazon 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Beauty is a property of design. In order to appreciate and recognize the beauty of an idea, object, process, or person, one must understand the principals behind the design. Without understanding, we're merely talking about unfounded tastes.
There's as much beauty in a shark as there is in a dolphin, in a computer program as there is in a song, in the design of a gun as there is in a painting. The world is full of beauty, whether we see it or not.
2007-02-14 00:38:04 · answer #9 · answered by Michael E 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes... beauty is subjective, not objective. i see beauty in women, i see the same beauty in geometrical shapes and constructions.
im a photographer, and i look with better eyes than most folks. for 30 years ive been trained to look, and not just see.
2007-02-14 00:16:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋