*PLEASE NOTE: THIS TALK WILL NOW MEET ON APRIL 4th ON ZOOM*
Beauty is often associated with expensiveness and elitism. However, beauty is necessary for human well-being. This talk will present some of the prominent ideas about beauty from the history of philosophy. Plato connected beauty with knowledge; Thomas Aquinas asserts three conditions of beauty (proportion, integrity, radiance); and Immanuel Kant reminds us that there is no formula for guaranteeing the creation of beauty. Rather than limiting the discussion to theory alone, examples from business, science, and social issues (like climate change and prison reform) will demonstrate the practical significance of taking beauty seriously. Beauty is not something we add to our lives only after things are going well. The desire for beauty is a basic human drive.
