Group: humanities.philosophy.objectivism
From: "Robert J. Kolker"
Date: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: Why beauty is objective (the other post on this got too long-winded)

skysi wrote:>
> Firstly, it's a feeling formed by factors outside of your
> consciousness. It does become an opinion, but only in a discussion.
> Again, the sense of beauty is personal (only seemingly subjective),
> but is formed objectively (by objective relationships).

What laws of nature imply standards of beauty? If beauty cannot be
derived either logically or causally from nature, then beauty is a
matter of opinion.

Very few people disagree on the boiling point of water at sea-level air
pressure. Very few people agree on what is beautiful.

Bob Kolker