Beauty is a very alluring word and a charming mystery. Throughout the ages, it has been inextricably linked to people’s lives. Probably all people will agree that life cannot be without beauty. , so when people speak and write articles, they often talk about beauty. So, words such as "beauty of mountains and rivers", "beauty of youth", "beauty of soul", "beauty of language", "beauty of behavior", "beauty of environment", etc. , is often known by people. But does this mean that people have a very clear understanding of beauty? No!
The ancient Greek sage Socrates and Hippias debated "What is beauty?" ?", ultimately failed to give an ultimate and essential definition, and had to lament: "Beauty is difficult." Until now, when science has flourished and philosophy has flourished, the question "what is beauty" is still a difficult question. "The Mystery of Finks" is still under endless debate. Although countless philosophers, aestheticians, and thinkers have conducted arduous explorations from different ways in order to uncover the mystery of beauty, and have proposed various ideas that they considered at the time. The most ideal answer. But they all failed to finally pick off this crown jewel of aesthetics.
The reason why it is difficult to answer "What is beauty" is because it does not require an analysis of individual objects. Aesthetic judgment or empirical description requires finding the universal essence of beauty in various beautiful objects, or finding its special essence in comparison with non-aesthetic objects. Beauty is not fixed and metaphysical. The concept of beauty includes a variety of things that are extremely different in nature. From the macro world to the micro world, such as the sun, moon, stars, flowers, plants and trees, various labor products, as well as the character's quality, movement, appearance, expression, demeanor, etc., all are They can be used as aesthetic objects, and they can all be beautiful things. It is of course extremely difficult to summarize the universal essence of beauty among these various things that are very different in nature. Furthermore, beauty also changes with the development and changes of social history. It develops and changes accordingly. In the dynamic space-time structure, due to different times and societies, the connotation of beauty and its value meaning are also very different. In summary, it is the breadth, complexity and even variability of the conceptual connotation of beauty that give The essence of beauty is shrouded in a mysterious veil that is difficult to remove.
Some people believe that beauty is subjective. They believe that it can only be produced when people's subjective emotions, consciousness and objects are combined to achieve the unity of subjectivity and objectivity. Beauty, according to them, means that "a chair does not become a chair unless people sit on it." However, this view is opposed by "objectivists". They believe that whether a thing can become an aesthetic object requires subject conditions alone. There are certain things on objects, that is, some objective aesthetic properties or qualities that these things themselves have. So they retorted: "Why should we sit on a chair instead of sitting on a pile of dirt, because the dirt does not have the characteristics of a chair?" Sitting ability."