"Beauty is the promise of happiness."...Stendhal
What exactly does this mean?Defining Beauty is
difficult. Defining happiness is just as difficult.
Aristotle defines happiness as an activity. Seeking
pleasure. This leads to ethics which requires a
definition of truth. Confusion over truth leads
to five different theories of truth. Kierkegaard
and Wittgenstein are both of the opinion that
truth is subjective and subliminal. Kierkegaard
was probably the greatest philosopher of the
nineteenth century and Wittgenstein was probably
the greatest philosopher of the twentieth century.
Truth exists but is external to us and can not
adequately be described by language because
it is experienced subjectively and subliminally.
Awe is probably the only available word.
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