“Socrates taught that beauty and the goodness should be determined by the usefulness and fitness of function rather than by mere appearance or personal feelings of delight” (Soccio, 96). “Socrates was universally acknowledged to be “extraordinarily ugly”, so ugly in fact he fascinated people” (Soccio, 96). True beauty is internalized. I believe true beauty to be just, indifference, and all of us as humans are one of a kind. We are all carry beauty in our own ways. Someone may have a symmetrical face structure or a nice hairline and that may be ‘beautiful’ to some, others may have crooked teeth or be cross eyed and that too may be ‘beautiful’ to some. We are all the beholders of what we perceive as beautiful, and is not limited to just being
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Only a harmonious soul finds true beauty. Beauty is balanced with the opposing perception of ugliness. A persons outer appearance may catch first impressions, but the soul within is what is the everlasting likeness of ourselves amongst others. Beauty is poised of your true self within which ultimately reflects outwardly. Someone who has vanity because they hold the appearance of themselves so highly that they judge solely on appearance, create an ugly and single minded character that they reflect on others. This throws off the balance matching outside beauty to how one act’s internally. Because we all strive for happiness we pursue the good as well as we can. As a whole we look for the good in all the people we create relationships with during our …show more content…
Once you are aware of what your purpose here is, you can discover your true identity that dictates how you want to live your life. I think inherently we all want to live out, as well as provide for others a worldly beautiful life. The structure of the world soul is virtual to the nature of the human soul as being in harmony (Frede). In the Republic, Plato being a student of Socrates, stated that “like always attracts like” (The Republic, 13) as in earth to earth or water to water. This contributed to the law of attraction. We live life on our own terms and attract things, experiences, thoughts and people to us. We create our own reality as we create our perception of the definitions of the words we speak. If we feel beautiful on the inside, outside, or both then we will attempt to seek that in others. When we feel beautiful we radiate happiness, everyone’s definitive
Only a harmonious soul finds true beauty. Beauty is balanced with the opposing perception of ugliness. A persons outer appearance may catch first impressions, but the soul within is what is the everlasting likeness of ourselves amongst others. Beauty is poised of your true self within which ultimately reflects outwardly. Someone who has vanity because they hold the appearance of themselves so highly that they judge solely on appearance, create an ugly and single minded character that they reflect on others. This throws off the balance matching outside beauty to how one act’s internally. Because we all strive for happiness we pursue the good as well as we can. As a whole we look for the good in all the people we create relationships with during our …show more content…
Once you are aware of what your purpose here is, you can discover your true identity that dictates how you want to live your life. I think inherently we all want to live out, as well as provide for others a worldly beautiful life. The structure of the world soul is virtual to the nature of the human soul as being in harmony (Frede). In the Republic, Plato being a student of Socrates, stated that “like always attracts like” (The Republic, 13) as in earth to earth or water to water. This contributed to the law of attraction. We live life on our own terms and attract things, experiences, thoughts and people to us. We create our own reality as we create our perception of the definitions of the words we speak. If we feel beautiful on the inside, outside, or both then we will attempt to seek that in others. When we feel beautiful we radiate happiness, everyone’s definitive