Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder

1.What is so beautiful about youth?

I think that youth is beautiful because of the innocence and naivety that it embraces. When I think of innocent I think free of guilt, and the inability to know what’s wrong and what’s right. Naivety brings to mind the act of not knowing of many things our society has labeled as “important”. I believe that the mind that does not know of these “important” events can be free to live a much easier life. Of course, this sparks controversy with many people because of the fact that not knowing about said problems means that no one can help.

2. We know what "perfect" most likely means to Socrates by looking at ancient Greek sculpture and art and drawing inferences, but he doesn't describe this "perfect" human form. What are your thoughts on the idea of a "perfect" human form today? What is it in your culture for men? women? What are your thoughts surrounding those ideals?

In my mind I think that human form has nothing to do with beauty at all. I think that a person’s personality and state of mind is what makes them truly beautiful. I think that if a person sticks to whom they truly are, and refuses to change just to make someone besides them self happy, is the most beautiful person on the earth. I find it sad that in today’s society a woman has to have a perfect hourglass figure and a man has to be buff in order to be thought “beautiful”. In today’s society men and women have to be aesthetically pleasing in order to be considered beautiful. Sure, aesthetically pleasing people are technically beautiful, but perhaps they are only beautiful on the outside. No one cares to look at a person’s inner self in order to determine weather or not the said person is beautiful.