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Isaac Shmukler
40It might be that beauty doesn't have a general origin. That is to say that things are beautiful for reasons that are numerous as the things are numerous. I believe however, that beauty does have a general origin or at least a few common factors. I am willing to engage in a discussion regarding two questions:
Does beauty have a general origin? If so, then what is it? -
Isaac Shmukler
40Beauty is the quality that hold sights or sounds that give rise to a pleasant feeling. More precisely, it is the quality of sights or sounds that give rise to a feeling of appreciation. This addition excludes for example, a pleasant feeling that is due to a sexual stimulation.
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Isaac Shmukler
40It's clearer to put it this way: This is a quality that is defined through the appreciation of the beholder.
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Isaac Shmukler
40Consider the concept "wanted". What is the definition of "wanted"?
The quality of things that one wants. It is the same by beauty. -
Isaac Shmukler
40I agree with that. The beholder decides whether something is beautiful. Although it might be yet beautiful since another beholder appreciates it.
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Isaac Shmukler
40I mean that, even if one decided that something isn't beautiful, it yet might be beautiful since someone else decided that it is beautiful.
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Isaac Shmukler
40They agree on a broader sens of beautiful: Appreciated by an important group of people.
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Isaac Shmukler
40I should be honest I think that beautiful has many senses. When one says that something that is importantly accepted as beautiful is not beautiful, this refers to another meaning of beautiful.
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Isaac Shmukler
40If there is a disagreement about whether something is tasty it is really not a disagreement and no one is wrong.
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