@roquefort88888 I agree. Scruton has a retrospective conservative tendency which perhaps infects his analysis of beauty. But, I also agree with him like you do, particularly regarding the aesthetic danger of treating utility as king over beauty, which for years has been and continues to be ridiculed as subordinate.
The ironic thing is that today's art is the evasion of any value or that mediocrity is the ideal. Man's most noble state, especially in art, should be to show all that man can and should be as an ideal. That is why today's intelligentsia hate anything of value. That is why, for example, a man who makes a fortune by using his own rational faculties to supply be regarded as evil, while poverty and stagnation is held as a virtue. Depravity, suffering and ugliness is the value.
@tonykileyable I think that there are examples of modern architecture that stumbled upon some elements of beauty. I feel confident pointing to Taipei 101 and Petronas Towers as examples of that. Petronas Towers in particular I think are quite beautiful. Taipei 101 is close, but it misses the mark just a little. It's a bit violent.
The examples of modern architectural beauty are few and far between, but they can be found now and again.
'Plato believe that human beings are pilgrims and passengers in this world who are always aspiring beyond it to the eternal realm where we will be united with God'- As a Muslim, for me this just embodies the Islamic perspective on existence.
WHY IS IT WHEN YOU SEE A DETAILED DRAWING OF MODERN BUILDINGS, IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL?
Rocketceres 1 week ago
This "documentary" is a crime against the beauty of philosophy.
xXtheangryrabbitXx 3 weeks ago
@roquefort88888 I agree. Scruton has a retrospective conservative tendency which perhaps infects his analysis of beauty. But, I also agree with him like you do, particularly regarding the aesthetic danger of treating utility as king over beauty, which for years has been and continues to be ridiculed as subordinate.
kinkyplunk 4 months ago
This isn't "philosophy of beauty." It should be called "man complaining because he doesn't like modern art and societal values"
tehsuck2 4 months ago
@tehsuck2
The ironic thing is that today's art is the evasion of any value or that mediocrity is the ideal. Man's most noble state, especially in art, should be to show all that man can and should be as an ideal. That is why today's intelligentsia hate anything of value. That is why, for example, a man who makes a fortune by using his own rational faculties to supply be regarded as evil, while poverty and stagnation is held as a virtue. Depravity, suffering and ugliness is the value.
Alexshrugged92 3 months ago
@Alexshrugged92 Is that why the world worshiped Steve Jobs?
xXtheangryrabbitXx 3 weeks ago
@tehsuck2 lol
ForSunny2 3 weeks ago
Show me the modern building that is truly beautiful and I'll eat my drawing board! The fact that Scruton is right wing doesnt make him wrong.
tonykileyable 6 months ago
@tonykileyable
I agree with you 100%. The man's politics is nothing to do with this program.
TheNightingalerose 6 months ago
@tonykileyable I think that there are examples of modern architecture that stumbled upon some elements of beauty. I feel confident pointing to Taipei 101 and Petronas Towers as examples of that. Petronas Towers in particular I think are quite beautiful. Taipei 101 is close, but it misses the mark just a little. It's a bit violent.
The examples of modern architectural beauty are few and far between, but they can be found now and again.
MeanEyedCats 5 months ago
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lewisldurham 7 months ago
the turquoise door at 2.39 is sublime! especially with the gold door nob and letter box which complement it beautifully
nastierlookin 9 months ago
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nastierlookin 9 months ago
'Plato believe that human beings are pilgrims and passengers in this world who are always aspiring beyond it to the eternal realm where we will be united with God'- As a Muslim, for me this just embodies the Islamic perspective on existence.
wyattwerp10 1 year ago
@wyattwerp10 Would you be surprised to know that this is the Christian perspective on existence too?
dvgurjao 1 year ago
@dvgurjao no, not at all- and Islam and Christianity have much more in common that just that.
wyattwerp10 1 year ago
Excellent - thanks for uploading,TNR :-)
Bjowolf2 2 years ago
@Bjowolf2 : Absolutely. It's fabulous.
DrDeist 1 year ago
@DrDeist
Happy to see that I am not the only one here, who feels like that OL
Bjowolf2 1 year ago