2007-12-07 07:18:41 · 53 answers · asked by mia 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Thank you so far for your answers.It is a question asked in akids book ages ago and it was never answered I would go for intelligence if I could then it wouldn't matter if I was beautiful and I could work a way out to be good
2007-12-08 05:01:23 · update #1
are you asking this subjectively, or for our opinions? Subjectively its based on personal taste. I'll go over some benefits of each.
beautiful = easier to find a romantic partner, thought to be more intellegent and competent and respected more (even if not true)
intellegent = there are many types of intellegence... social, mathematical, verbal, musical... what kind do you mean? most people refer to mathematical and verbal when they say this. The benefits of this are that it will be easier for you to get good grades and a good job and make more money, as well as be able to delve deeper into your feild of interest. it also offers many possibilities for success in todays world
good = thats pretty ambiguous. I'll assume you mean have a great motive for altruism. Well it will be easy to attain happiness with this, since there are so many opportunities for being good in todays world. you will also probably earn a lot of respect, and possibly win awards and such.
My opinion? Intellegence, if i had to pick one. But I'd rather like take a little of each instead of having all of one.
2007-12-07 07:27:49 · answer #1 · answered by toothPASTE 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
None of the above. If you're extremely beautiful, some people don't see the real you, and overlook any intelligence and goodness you do have. If you're extremely intelligent, your knowledge can make you hate the world and could drive you mad.. plus you could use your knowledge for eveil, and evil aint best. If you're extremely good, you'll not only be very annoying but might have a very boring life too! So a balance of all three is nice. Maybe the beauty isn't as important, cause beauty is different to everyone.
2007-12-07 07:28:46 · answer #2 · answered by Ethereal 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A person can be extremely beautiful (fate plus a lot of make up generally decides this) but if that person isn't a good human being then being beautiful cannot save this person from grief and lack of love. Intelligence always helps but it means that a person must try hard to find an intelligent companion because otherwise life can be as dull as a rusty knife and this is awful. I must add a special point here that I have found in life to be true. If a person is too good under all situations then that person can be badly hurt. Most people in this world aren't bad, but they are generally selfish and can hurt a very good person to the core. Overdoing "goodness" can be hurtful.
2007-12-07 09:16:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
For me, all of the above -- beauty, intelligence,and being good, whether they are in the extreme or not can be answered by the "observer" or the one who sees it or observes it.
As Plato would put it, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." This might as well apply to intelligence and being good. Thus, anything in the extreme is almost always bad.
But if you really, really want me to choose, the last one would be great.
2007-12-08 23:07:15 · answer #4 · answered by wordwizardworks 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what your goals in life are. If I wanted to be a doctor then it would be best for me to be extremely intelligent. If I wanted to be a super model, it would be best for me to be extremely beautiful. However, if I had to choose...I would rather be extremely intelligent. Intelligence gets your further in this world. Beauty can fade and what is good to one may not be good to another. Being good is subjective.
2007-12-07 07:23:35 · answer #5 · answered by ALeoStar 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
extremes are not desirable really.. a good ballance is better but with the things you mention, none are important because you are who you are, yes you can work at being more beautiful, intelligent or good but we are all limited by what we start with so to give yourself impossible aims in any way or form will fundamentally lead to unhappiness or worse it will give a false impression of who you are. best to be happy with yourself and remember that anyone who looks down on who you are are not happy with themselves on the inside. the people who accept you as you are are the people who matter. its this fact which makes the desirability of being any of the extremes you mention pretty pointless.
maybe you should look at whats really important to you without the influence of others.
hope this helps and its not meant to be down playing your question more trying to make you realise whats really important.
2007-12-07 07:35:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Extremely intelligent--provided that it's intelligence of the overall sort, not just the physics-genius sort. Intelligence allows you to be independent and think for yourself. If you can think for yourself, its unimportant to be beautiful. Intelligence would hopefully also direct you to be moral and kind to others, but would also allow you to stay away from situations in which your goodness could be taken advantage of.
2007-12-07 07:29:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
GOOD is only an opinion. If you can be beautiful then be beautiful. Sometimes being too smart can really get you into trouble. Once your circle of friends realize how smart you are then they will begin to weed you out of all of their little reindeer games. Try to be beautiful as much as you can. You will see in the ending that your beauty will pay off.
2007-12-07 07:25:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just losing the "extremely" to give beautiful & intelligent would turn good into great, in my book, anyway.
2007-12-07 07:37:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I vote for extremely intelligent because then you can find ways to be extremely beautiful and extremely good.
2007-12-07 07:21:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋