What is beauty? What is beauty?

The daily meaning of beauty: The daily meaning of beauty includes two aspects. One is to sigh when the physiological needs are met, and make a positive evaluation of the objects that meet the physiological needs. For example, food and wine are called "delicious food" and "fine wine". After eating and drinking enough, you can't help but give a "beautiful" compliment. Beauty here means "good"

One of the etymological meanings of "beauty" in Chinese characters is that sheep are beautiful. The usage of beauty in daily life is obviously a continuation of its ancient meaning, that is, equating beauty with sweetness refers to the quick comfort of the senses. Second, it is used for ethical evaluation, which is an recognition that people's behaviors, thoughts and speeches conform to the norms. Beauty here means "goodness", which embodies the traditional concept of "the combination of beauty and goodness" in China culture.

Extended data:

There are different opinions about the definition of beauty, but it can be summarized into five aspects:

(1) Beauty is objective. At first, this theory paid attention to the study of the natural attributes of beauty and found the formal rules of beauty such as harmony, proportion, symmetry and diversity. Later, he focused on the study of social beauty and made an incisive exposition on the relationship between beauty and life. The representatives are Diderot and Chernyshevski.

(2) Beauty is subjective. It is believed that beauty is the product or external expression of human consciousness and emotional activities. This theory makes a deep discussion on aesthetic consciousness, aesthetic psychology and aesthetic emotion. Representative figures are Hume, Kant and Korozzi.

(3) the theory of subjective and objective relations. It is believed that beauty is neither objective nor subjective, but a combination of the two. However, some tend to be objective and some tend to be subjective.

(4) Supernatural theory. It is believed that beauty is created by God, God or some objective "third force" beyond the Lord.

(5) Social practice theory. It is believed that the essence of beauty is the objectification of human nature, the humanization of nature, the unity of purpose and regularity, the unity of truth, goodness and beauty and the form of freedom.

References:

Beauty (subject concept) _ Baidu Encyclopedia