Hi, Steemian! Do you think you're beautiful?

I hope you do!

If not... Today I'm going to tell you how to be truly beautiful.

But what does that really mean?

Find out what philosopher Immanuel Kant said about this PLUS the ultimate tip to be beautiful.

First of all, let's define beauty according to Kant:
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we can't.

In his book Critique of Judgment (1790), Kant said that there cannot be a concept of beauty: there's no universal agreement on what is beautiful and what isn't.

So... Are you saying I'm ugly???

Well, no. But you're not beautiful either. At least Kant wouldn't say it that way.

That kind of beauty it's just the pleasible, meaning that it please one by the senses, and we approach to it for interest.

Like when we enjoy food. (And boy we do)

So how can I be beautiful? We'll get to that, just hold on a bit.

Let's explain some things:

The pleasure we get when contemplating nature or art, says Kant, it's one that comes without an interest on the object itself, on possesing it or satisfaying any needs.

This means the object presents itself as beautiful because we appreciate his existence even when knowing it's not useful for us.

And, above all: it makes us wonder about it's meaning.

Kant said this only happens when we comtemplate nature. It can happen with art but it's always going to have some interest in it, so it's not pure.

Beauty is supposed to make our imagination and knowledge to play freely while trying to find in which concept this particular object fits... and we can't ever find such concept.

So what we do now? Should this let us down?

Absolutely no!

Which leads us back to the question: can each of us be beautiful?

When we wonder about the meaning of beauty, since we can't find what's it's purpose, we turn into our insides and look for our own purpose as human beings: