Pros and Cons

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There is no objective definition of beauty


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  • beauty is an order of parts in their mutual relations to each other and in their relation to the whole

  
beauty consists of variety in unity
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  • a variety of ugly things in unity is not beautiful 

  
beauty is the aim of all art
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the aim of art is what is good
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  • beauty is that which evokes and educates moral feelings 

  
beauty does not include the concept of 'good'
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  • beauty always has a moral foundation 

  
beauty is the manifestation of the absolutely Perfect
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  • perfection is pleasing 

  
there is no perfect beauty in the world
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  • beauty is an illusion 
     

  
the manifestation of the Idea is also beautiful
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it is true
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  • truth is beauty 
     

  
beauty is a matter of personal taste
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  • it is only perceived subjectively 
  • taste can be educated