Can we define beauty? Can we ascribe fixed properties to it? Are certain things more beautiful than others? Is beauty universal? Does harmony lead to beauty? The pursuit of answers to these questions has materialised in various forms of human endeavours - painting, music, mathematics, dance, and even sciences. These things might not be the same for you and me, but I think we can agree that they exist and would continue to exist even if we don’t perceive them (philosophers can pick a bone with this sentence later).įor centuries, questions about beauty and harmony have plagued thinkers of all kinds. It’s incredibly hard to deny that nothing beautiful in this world exists when there are things that definitely produce a pleasurable sensation. Or even when we see a particularly ingenious display of human thought in, say, mathematical proofs, scientific discoveries, musical scores or even melodious sentences. Or when we happen to glance at a flower perched gently on a stem. ![]() Be it when we look at someone we love or at an attractive person walking down the street. We do not work out a series of steps to determine if something is beautiful It just strikes us. The sensations are produced almost spontaneously. ![]() I agree these are not things that we actively think about on a regular basis - instead, these are things that we just… feel. If I asked you to think about beauty, what’s the first thing that comes into your mind? What if I now asked you to think about harmony or grace?
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