Why Do We View Things As Beautiful?

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Originally Posted by Advent

I suppose we think of something as beautiful if it catches our sight long enough. Say, you see an Emerald:



Immediately you think, 'that's amazing! A wonder of nature!'. Amazing things, phenomenon, like this, or a sunset, or a bright sky, or a shooting star can all be considered beautiful.

In my opinion then, the two words 'amazing' and 'beautiful' are tied.

But cannot something be amazingly ugly? War can be amazing but its definitely not beautiful. There is no truth to be found in warfare itself.

When we look and see an emerald, its most striking feature is its geometry. It is mathematics expressed in beautiful form. The very field of mathematics is beautiful because through it, we can unlock the secrets of universe. Through it we can find truth and whenever the truth reveals itself it is beautiful.




Whenever we recognize beauty, we catch a glimpse of truth.