Something is not beautiful, just because you like it. That’s weird, don’t you think so?
In chapter 9, Savater gave us the example of the Egyptian pyramids, which maybe I like them and we can say that they are impressive. Later he said, how could you consider them beautiful, if many people suffered for its creation? Now, I was more confused and if he says so, how am I going to be sure of what is beautiful then?
Well, it may seem difficult to understand, but after time reasoning, I got the point. Once I went to Guanajuato, I went to see one of the many churches of the “Época de la Conquista” in Mexico, which are impressive and they are said to be beautiful, because they show the mix of the Spanish and Mexican architectures. When I was in there, I got amazed and yes, they are very beautiful, but many people said the church had quite exaggerated details, which made it not to like them so much, and I totally agree with them. So, I noticed that for something to be beautiful it needs to follow certain patterns, meanwhile what you like could be whatever, even though it is the worst thing on Earth. And finally, I’ve got to the conclusion that I shouldn’t call something beautiful, just because I like it.
Nestorh I think the churches are beautiful like you said, but because they symbolize culture, history, effort, and many other concepts. I think you like it because there is something that makes you like it, and many people would agree that the churches are beautiful, not only you and me so for me that makes it really beautiful.
ResponderEliminarHi Nestor! I agree with you when you said that you can't call something beautiful just because you like it, you should also be concern of how it really makes you feel. Like the different opinion people have in the Egyptian pyramids but it all depends on the people personal perspective of beauty, and as you said, the pattern they took to form that judgment.
ResponderEliminarHello Nestor great blog! I agree with you with the fact that somethings for some people are beautiful but for others they are not I think this is because everyone has their own way of seeing beauty, for example I went to the mall last week and I saw something I really thought it was beautiful so I showed it to my sister and when she saw it she told me she did not liked it at all. This can be compared with what you wrote in your blog.
ResponderEliminarNestor I liked how in your post you talked about the uncertainness of beauty, how something that we like can't be in all times consider beautiful. I agree with you, not everything is beautiful. I believe the beautiful things are those that we want to be recognized universally and so we only say something is beautiful in specific times.
ResponderEliminarI like the example you gave about the church, I believe many people have experience the same thing you did, something beautiful but at the same time confusing.
Finally I think Savater writes this chapter to explain what is beautiful and uses Kant's theories to explain, which I believe it was a good thing on Savater side because it gave us something to think.
That is a good point you made, I can say I like something, but to say that it is beautiful is a totally different thing, because what I like might not even seem beautiful to me; besides there is that thing about the universality of beauty, so one person can´t just decide what is beautiful and what is not, but is always free to choose wether like it or not. At first the difference is kind of confusing, but I think you explained it in a really good way.
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