Re: What is beauty?

[Hong Lam Vu <vuh000@goofy.zdv.Uni-Mainz.de>]

Hi ba'c Die^~m, ba'c Tua^'n,

>  DQ: The^' nhu*~ng o^ng Hay ba` Homosexual thi` sao ? DDa~ co' va`i 
> nghie^n cu*'u ve^` va^'n dde^` na`y nhu*ng to^i kho^ng theo do~i, kho^ng 
> bie^'t nay dda~ dde^'n dda^u ? Ba'c cho 1 ba`i ve^` Gene ddi!  to^i 
> ra^'t thi'ch hu*o*'ng na`y! 

Homosexuality is not an average but an exception. It is an exeption
partly because it's not fit for the biological reproduction. Homosexuality
is a handicap in the evolutionary process.


> 
> >        Well, this is a paradox: while beauty is THE average, but 
> average is
> >not necessarily THE beauty, may be A beauty. An average flower is not 
> the
> >best flower, according to the theory of measurement. However, all the 
> best
> >flowers are resulted from the average. Complicated huh? Let us see any 
> other
> >comments.

I'd like to put the question another way. Non-average MAY be beautiful. Is
average ALWAYS beautiful? If yes, I must believe in our good Darwin.


> 
>  DQ: Co' pha?i xa^'u dde.p la` do o'c ngu*o*`i ta nha^.n thu*'c ra 
> kho^ng ? Thi' du.: co' ngu*o*`i nhi`n thi` tha^'t dde.p nhu*ng ngu*o*`i 
> kha'c thi` tha^'y thu*o*`ng hoa(.c du*?ng du*ng . Theo ba'c vie^.c 
> information processing in brain ngu*o*`i ta dda~ ro~ chu*a a. ?
> 

Your question have caused headache for the philosophers since Adam and
Eva's time. Ontologists claim that there is the only beauty which exists
per se, independently from your tast, your idea or what ever. Others say
that beauty is relative, it depends on that or this. Positivists do not
know what THE beauty is. Maybe they say: It depends on your definition.

As a positivist, I first define my object that it is the perception of
beauty and not the beauty in ontological terms.

Cheers,
La^m.