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OnTheBeauty——ByZhangYan03100414Isthebeautysubjectiveorobjective?Itisaveryinterestingcontroversyinthetheoryofaesthetic.Ontheissue,theobjectiveandsubjectiveschoolinsistontheirownpointofview,noconcessions.Ofcourse,Ialsohavemypersonalidea,Iinsistthatthebeautyissubjective.Intheclass,theteachershowedusapainting,tellingusthatthepaintingisbeautiful,anditisalsoobjective,sothebeautyofthepaintingisobjective.Onlywhenthebeautyisobjective,itcanbeseenbyeachperson.Likeachalkbox,itisgreen,andthe“green”isanobjectivecharacteristic,soitcanbechangedbypeople.Evenifthereisanachromatethinkingitisred,butinfactitisgreen,notred.Inaddition,whenyoucovertheboxwithapieceofcellophanewithadifferentcolour,itgivesusasubjectivefeelingthatitisnotgreen;however,itisgreenactually.Thisisanobjectivefact,whatnobodycanchange.Onthispoint,allofusadmit,butifdeclaringthebeautyisobjectivebecauseofthis,Iamnotabletoagreewiththeview.Green,thenatureofthingsdeterminedbythewavelengthoflightthethingsreflecting,hasanobjectivestandard,yetthebeautyisdifferent,athingbeautifulornotbeautifuldependonpeople’sfeelingentirely,asthewordsMr.ZhuQianguangoncesaid“Icandefinetheflowersred,butIcannotdefinetheflowersbeautiful.”Wedefinetheflowersredbecause“red”isaprecisedefinition,thewavelengthoflightitshowinghavingaconstantrange,whichisnotinfluencedbyhumanbeing.Nonetheless,beautifulornotbeautifuldependsonpeople’ssubjectivefeeling.Objectiveschoolthinkthatthebeautyofflowersisdeterminedbytheirnature,andthisnaturewhetheryouadmititornot,itisanobjectreality.Therefore,whatisthebeauty?Thebeautyisajoyfulfeelingathinggivingpeople.Ifathingcannotmakepeoplefeelpleasant,canitberecognizedbeautiful?Takingflowerasanexample,somepeoplelikerose,butotherpeoplepreferwildflowersinsteadofrosebecausetheyconsiderrosetoogorgeous.Butcanyousaytheroseisbeautifulandthewildflowerisnotorthewildflowerisbeautifulandtheroseisnot.Obviously,youcannot.Differentpeoplehavedifferentopinions.Itisanormalreaction,havingnothingtodowithotherpeople.So,inmyopinion,thebeautyissubjective.Theteachersaidthatthebeautyisobjective,butIthinkthebeautydoesnothaveobjectivityandthebeautifulthingshaveobjectivity.Forexample,thepaintingintheclass,beautifulornotbeautiful,itisyoursubjectivefeeling.Ifyouthinkitbeautiful,thenitisbeautiful.Ifyoudonotitbeautiful,thenitisnotbeautiful.Thepaintingitselfdoesmatter.Toputitbluntly,thatpaintingisjustthecarrierofthebeauty,perhapsthispainting,perhapstheotherpainting,whatyouthinkbeautifulothersmaybenotthinkbeautiful.Alloftheseareonlypersonalfeelings,therebeingnoanobjectivestandard.Intheclass,theteacheraskedmeifIthinkthepaintingbeautiful.Surely,Ithinkitbeautiful.Then,theteacherstated“Youthinkitbeautiful,andIalsothinkitbeautiful,sothebeautyofthepaintingisobjective.Onlywhenthebeautyisanobjectiveexistence,wecanallseeit.”However,ifmyansweris“not”,howtoexplainthequestion?Bothofusfeelitbeautifulorallofourclassfeelitbeautiful,butitdoesnotimplythatthepaintingisboundtobebeautiful.Perhapssomewhereintheworld,thereisagroupofpeoplenotthinkingthepaintingbeautiful.Moreover,evenifalloftheworldthinkitbeautiful,itjustmanifestouropinionandfeelingonthebeautifulsameorsimilar.Maybeinthefuture,ourdescendantswouldnotfeelthepaintingbeautiful,breakourtraditionalideas.ThereisanoldsayinginChina,“Beautyliesinthelover'seyes”.Thepersonmayappeartoothersverygeneral,butinhisorherlover’seyes,heorsheisthemostbeautifulperson,andthebeautyexistswithoutdoubts.However,accordingtotheobjectiveschool,thebeautyisreality,thenwhyotherpeoplecannotdiscover?Therefore,thebeautyissubjective,lyingoneachperson’ssensation.Aboutthequestionofthebeauty,differentpeoplehavedifferentideas.AsonethousandpeoplereadTheHamlet,therewillbethousandHamlets.Manypeopleofobjectiveschoolthinkthatifathingdoesnothavethepropertyofthebeauty,althoughyouassertitbeautifulatalltime,thereisnopossibilityforitbeingbeautiful.Sometakesanexample:thereisapersonshouting“SisterLotusisverybeautiful”,sotheSisterLotuswillbecomebeautiful.Itisimpossible.Sheisnotbeautiful,thatisareality,whatcannotbechangedatallbyotherpeople’sopinions.ButIwanttosayiftherereallyisapersonthinkingherbeautiful,inthatway,intheperson’seyes,sheisbeautifulexactly.Youdonotthinkherbeautiful,andIdonotthinkherbeautifultoo,orallofthepeopledonotthinkherbeautiful,canitchangetherealitythatthisisonlyoursubjectivefeeling?Apparently,itisnot.Thecommonsenseofusisnotalwaysanobjectivefact.Thiscanonlyshowourfeelingsandopinionssimilar,andmaybesomeoneisopposedtous.Whatwethinkbeautifulbuthethinksuglyandwhatweallthinkuglyhethinksbeautiful.So,thebeautyortheuglinessispeople’ssubjectivereactionsofobjectivethings,ratherthananobjectivefact.Now,slimmingissopopularinoursociety.Peoplearepursuingaskinnybeauty.However,morethantwothousandyearsago,intheTangDynasty,thefatnessistherepresentativeofthebeauty.Inthatera,thinnessisnotbeautifulbutugly.So,isthebeautyobjective?Indifferenttimes,indifferentplaces,beautifulthingsalwaysexist,and,althoughthethingsareobjective,thebeautyortheuglinessofthethingsissubjective,becauseitdependsonpeople’sfeelings,ratherthansomethingt