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Why beauty matters

An excellent film by Sir Roger Scruton why beauty matters.

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https://vimeo.com/128428182

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Mugin16 · 46-50, M

[quote] The most ordinary event can be made into something beautiful by a painter who can see into the heart of things. So long as a belief in a transcendental God was firmly anchored in the heart of our civilization artists and philosophers continued to think of beauty in Plato’s way. Beauty was the revelation of God in the here and now. - Sir Roger Scruton [/quote]

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

@Mugin16 What he somehow forgot to mention is that Plato was somewhat a hater of mimesis of any kind. He disregarded visual art as a mere shadow and imitation of true beauty that we can find only in nature created by God. Therefore he didn't see beauty in art.

Mugin16 · 46-50, M

@CrazyMusicLover Be that as it may - as my history professor used to say.

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@Mugin16 that is beautiful...I believe it is so.