Ta'i Ta(.ng hoa

[tuan@hosoe.nuem.nagoya-u.ac.jp]

Hello a. Tua^'n (NSW) va` a. A'i Vie^.t (US):

a. Tua^'n wrote:
>	Last week, I was struck by the exchange between chi. Thu.c 
>Anh and Tua^'n (Japan) on the subject of youth. Their exchange 
>reminds me of an article I wrote long time ago on the question of 
>"what is beauty?".
>	What is beauty? Answer: it is simply average.
>	Any ideas? thinkers and philosophers of VNSA ?

That's surprising, a. Tua^'n! Theo tri' nho+' thi` em ra^'t co^' tra'nh ba`n
hay bi`nh ve^` beauty qua net. Why? Ra^'t ddo+n gia?n la` qua mails ta co' the^?
ddoa'n ddu+o+.c ngu+o+`i na`y gia`, ngu+o+`i kia tre?, ke? na`y dda~ co' 
cho^`ng, ke? kia chu+?a co' bo^`, te^n na`y de^~ thu+o+ng, te^n kia dda'o dde^?
etc nhu+ng cha('c kho^ng the^? (va` kho^ng ne^n) ddo'an ddu+o+.c ve? dde.p 
(beauty) qua mail. Generally em ddo^`ng y' beauty it is simply average, nhu+ng
em muo^'n bo^? xung (theo ngo^n ngu+~ cu?a control) ra(`ng it is time varying
(chu+' kho^ng pha?i time invariant). Co' le~ ta ne^n vie^'t joint paper ve^`
va^'n dde^` na`y. Nha^n tie^.n, xin no'i nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i dda`n o^. ddu+'ng
dda('n nghi~ ve^` beauty cu?a phu. nu+~ nhu+ sau: phu. nu+~ ai cu~ng dde.p ca?,
ngu+o+`i dde.p nhie^`u, ngu+o+`i dde.p i't hoa(.c cu`ng la('m la` lu+o+.ng
dde.p kho^ng dda'ng ke^?.
Nhu+ng ne^'u anh muo^'n em tra? lo+`i vo+'i tu+ ca'ch philosophers hay theoretic
thi` e ra(`ng em chi.u. Em quan ta^m to+'i theory of beauty ca'ch dda^y ga^`n
20 na(m, sau bo? ddi la`m practice vi` tha^'y su+o+'ng ho+n nhie^`u. Beauty
la` thu+' dde^? thu+o+?ng thu+'c dde^'n no+i dde^'n tro^'n. 

>From a. Ai Viet

> >  Chie^u na`y cao sie^u ma` la.i de^~ la`m. DDa`n ba` no^ng ca.n tha^.t.
> Anh la.i sai la^`m tie^'p. Anh chi? duoc quyen tho^'t le^n: Na`ng no^ng 
> ca.n qua' nhu+ng ta va^~ tha thu+' cho na`ng vi` na`ng dde.p qua'.

>    A^'y la` bo+?i na`ng kho^ng cha^'m to^i. Chu+' ne^'u co' thi` co' 
>no^ng ca.n ba(`ng 10 ma` chi? ca^`n dde.p vu+`a pha?i tho^i.

Xe't cho cu`ng chu'ng ta ye^u phu. nu+~ bo+?i vi` ho. no^ng ca.n va` co' bie^'t
bao ye^'u ddie^?m/nhu+o+.c ddie^?m kha'c. The^' mo+'i la` pha'i ye^'u chu+'.
Co' tha(`ng na`o la.i no'i ye^u phu. nu+~ vi` ho. can dda?m, gia^`u nghi.
lu+.c... Co' pha?i ye^u la~nh tu. dda^u ma` ca^`n nhie^`u u+u ddie^?m. 
Phu. nu+~ ho`an ha?o qua', ma.nh me~ qua' chi? to^? kho' la^'y
cho^`ng. Muo^'n lu+`a ca'c anh de^~ thi` lu'c na`o ma('t cu~ng pha?i cho+'p
cho+'p vo+'i ca^u cu+?a mie^.ng "the^' ha? anh, em cu+' tu+o+?ng...".
Co' ba`i da truye^`n cu?a nhie^`u do`ng ho. tui nghe ddu+o+.c la`: muo^'n
phu. nu+~ me^, dda`n o^ng pha?i ho+i ho^i mo^.t ty'. Xe't cho cu`ng ba`i
ddo' ra^'t khoa ho.c vi` mu`i ho^i ddo' co' ta'c du.ng nhu+ thuo^'c phie^.n
va^.y: la^`n dda^`u co' the^? kho^ng thi'ch nhu+ng la^`n sau kho^ng co' no'
kho^ng the^? chi.u ddu+o+.c.
Cheers,
T.