Beauty and Perfection have the same definition.

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Beauty and Perfection have the same definition.

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What do we think about that fact? "Nothing can be added, subtracted, or altered without diminishing the overall value."
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Jaded Sage wrote:What do we think about that fact? "Nothing can be added, subtracted, or altered without diminishing the overall value."
Why can't something that is beautiful become even more beautiful?
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Harbal wrote:
Jaded Sage wrote:What do we think about that fact? "Nothing can be added, subtracted, or altered without diminishing the overall value."
Why can't something that is beautiful become even more beautiful?
Good point. I would argue that either our understanding or perception of beauty increases, or that it participates more thoroughly in beauty or perfection (we usually think of the later as a final state, but it doesn't have to be).
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What if something was perceived as beautiful by one person but ugly by another? Would you still give it the same definition as perfection?
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Harbal wrote:What if something was perceived as beautiful by one person but ugly by another? Would you still give it the same definition as perfection?
Many people say beauty is a matter of opinion, but I say it is a matter of fact. Something is either beautiful or it is not, and often people mistake attractiveness for beauty, but they are not the same. In the situation you describe, it would likely play out that one of them is right, and the other is wrong (or they both might be wrong). Not beauty, but attractiveness is in the eye of the beholder.

But these possible situations really only happen regarding things on the lower end of the spectrum of beauty. Few people ever have any disagreement or even any doubt about the things that participate in beauty the most, that is, the most beautiful things.
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