Beauty Objective of Subjective

PHI 2301- Essay

Due April 30th, 2014 at 3P.M.

PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHTS

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Meryem Hamdi

Beauty objective or subjective

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Beauty objective or subjective

One of the main and the most controversial themes in Western philosophy has been centered on the nature of beauty. In fact, it has been associated with high values such as goodness, truth and justice. Beauty has occupied a major part of the ancient Greek, but was also central to the 18th and 19th-century thought, as elaborated by Hutcheson, Hume, Kant, Hegel, and Santayana. The main question raised through the study of beauty is whether it is objective or subjective. In other words, some philosophers argue that beauty is subjective, which means that it is relative to the beholder and others argue that beauty is objective.

Subjective theories of beauty have mainly occupied the period of Antiquity and the middle Ages, while the modern period retained the objective theory for a long time. In this essay, we will get insights of both subjectivist and objectivist accounts. 

On the one hand, Objectivity can be defined as something known and agreed upon, which exists as part of reality, independent of thought. On the other hand subjectivity exists in the mind and belongs to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought. The question raised around the theme of beauty is whether calling an object “beautiful” depends on the quality it possesses by...