Question No. 3033 31 August 2022 Official answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) verified Content level: Intermediate

Is Beauty Absolute or Relative?

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Is beauty an absolute concept, or is it relative?

Subject category: Theology and Creed Theology and creed

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Beauty is an absolute concept with an existence of its own. The proportions involved in beauty—such as the interplay of colors and lines—serve as guides; they are not beauty itself. Beauty is assessed independently of certain proportions and components.

Answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat)

Teacher and researcher in the intellectual tradition of wisdom and the Ahl al-Bayt | Soroush Bamdadān Cultural Center

Beauty is not something measured by reference to certain elements; it has an identity of its own, independent of certain relationships.

We should not confuse the proportions found in beautiful things with beauty itself.

Proportional relationships point the way to beauty, but they are not beauty itself. The interplay of colours, lines, patterns and moods is, in effect, a map and an address for beauty—not beauty itself.

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Is Beauty Absolute or Relative?

The essence and first answer at a glance (60-word summary)

Answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat)

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