Question
Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? How can we know what beautiful is?
Are we told by the media and our peers what is beautiful? If we are persuaded by the opinions of others in regards to what true beauty means, then how do we determine what we really think about the beautiful?
Answer
The expression simply means that beauty, as a universal concept, has no intrinsic andor set meaning, definition or even value for that matter. Or if you like, it is a collectively undecidable notion, since its definition is inherently and purely observerbased. It also implies that quotto each its ownquot. In other words, each individual may interpret the idea of beauty of people, objects, thoughts, etc. according to hisher own biased, genetic, emotional, cultural, social and spiritual needs, proclivity and predilection. Having said that, most people feel they quotintuitivelyquot know and quotunderstandquot what is meant by beauty in their minds eye. That is to say, when it comes to judging peoples physical good looks for instance, they can agree on a general consensus of what it is to be beautiful. And thats exactly where the politicallyoriented and moneydriven media plays its most selfrighteous card constantly bombarding us with retouched images and brainwashing us into accepting their artificiallyenhanced symmetrical lines of human design as the universally preferred ones. I for example, much prefer the true lines, looks and feel of a REAL woman one that has a bit of an asymmetry here and there, one where her natural and inner beauty and loveliness compliments her physical contours and makes you feel like you truly belong in her heart than the one the media tries incessantly to shove down our throats. The world of high fashion, for instance, may think that those anorexiclooking, frozenimpressionplastered runway models that walk the hideous gate of tortured legs are the hottest things since the sliced bread but we can and often do beg to differ with them, cant we?
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