“... what is beauty and why do people deify it? Is it a vessel in which there is a void, or a fire shimmering in a vessel? ” So wrote the poet N. Zabolotsky in the poem "Beauty will save the world." And the catch phrase in the name is known to almost every person. She probably touched the ears of beautiful women and girls more than once, flying off the lips of men enchanted by their beauty.
This wonderful expression belongs to the famous Russian writer F. M. Dostoevsky. In his novel “The Idiot”, the writer gives thoughts and discussions about beauty and its essence to his hero - Prince Myshkin. The work does not indicate how Myshkin himself says that beauty will save the world. These words belong to him, but they sound indirectly: “True, prince,” Ippolit asks Myshkina, “that the world will be saved by“ beauty ”? Gentlemen, ”he shouted aloud to everyone,“ the prince says that beauty will save the world! ” In another place of the novel, during a meeting between the prince and Aglaya, she tells him, as if warning: “Listen, once and for all, if you talk about something like the death penalty, or about the economic condition of Russia, or that“ beauty will save the world ", then ... I, of course, will rejoice and laugh very much, but ... I warn you in advance: do not then appear in my eyes! Hear: I'm serious! This time I'm really talking! ”
How to understand a famous saying about beauty?
"Beauty will save the world." How to understand this statement? This question can be asked by a student of any age, regardless of the class in which he is studying. And each parent will answer this question in a completely different way, completely individually. Because beauty is perceived and seen for everyone in different ways.
Everyone probably knows the saying that you can look at objects together, and see them in completely different ways. After reading Dostoevsky’s novel, a feeling of some vagueness is formed inside of what beauty is. “Beauty will save the world,” Dostoevsky said these words on behalf of the hero as his own understanding of the way to save a busy and mortal world. Nevertheless, the author provides an opportunity to answer this question for each reader independently. "Beauty" in the novel is presented as an unsolved mystery created by nature, and as a force that can drive you crazy. Prince Myshkin also sees the simplicity of beauty and its refined splendor, he says that in the world there are many things at every step so beautiful in which even the most lost person can see their splendor. He asks to look at the child, at the dawn, at the grass, in the eyes of those who love and look at you .... Indeed, it is difficult to imagine our modern world without mysterious and sudden natural phenomena, without the magnetically attractive look of a loved one, without the love of parents for children and children to parents.
What then is it worth living and in what to draw your strength?
How to imagine the world without this bewitching beauty of every moment of life? It is simply not possible. The existence of humanity is unthinkable without this. Almost every person engaged in everyday work or any other burdensome business, more than once thought that in the usual bustle of life, as if inadvertently, almost not noticing, he missed something very important, did not have time to notice the beauty of the moments. Nevertheless, beauty has a certain divine origin, it expresses the true essence of the Creator, giving everyone the opportunity to associate with Him and be like Him.
Believers comprehend beauty through fellowship through prayers with the Lord, through contemplation of the world He created, and through perfecting their human nature. Of course, a Christian’s understanding and vision of beauty will differ from the usual ideas of people professing a different religion. But somewhere between these ideological contradictions there is still that thin thread connecting all into one whole. In such a divine unity the silent beauty of harmony also lurks.
Tolstoy about beauty
Beauty will save the world ... Leo Tolstoy expressed his opinion on this in the work “War and Peace”. All the phenomena and objects present in the world around us, the writer mentally breaks down into two main categories: this content or form. The division occurs depending on the greater prevalence in nature of objects and phenomena of these elements.
The writer does not give preference to phenomena and people with the presence of the main thing in them in the form of a form. Therefore, in his novel, he so clearly demonstrates dislike for the upper world with its life standards and rules forever established and the lack of sympathy for Helen Bezukhova, which, according to the text of the work, was considered unusually beautiful by all.
Society and public opinion have no influence on his personal attitude to people and life. The writer looks at the content. This is important for his perception, and this is what arouses interest in his heart. He does not recognize the absence of movements and life in the shell of luxury, but he infinitely admires the imperfection of Natasha Rostova and the ugliness of Maria Bolkonskaya. Based on the opinion of the great writer, can it be argued that beauty will save the world?
Lord Byron on the magnificence of beauty
For another famous, though
foreign, writer, Lord Byron, beauty is seen as a pernicious gift. He sees it as
an irresistible force, capable of seducing, intoxicating and committing a crime with a person. But this is not entirely true, beauty has a dual nature. And we humans should not notice its destructiveness and treachery, but a life-giving force that can heal our heart, mind and body. Indeed, in many respects our health and the correct perception of the picture of the world is formed as a result of our direct mental attitude to things.
And yet, will beauty save the world?
Our modern world, in which there are so many social contradictions and heterogeneities ... A world in which there are rich and poor, healthy and sick, happy and unhappy, free and dependent ... And what, contrary to all adversities, will the world be saved by beauty? Maybe you are right. But one should not understand beauty literally, not as an outward expression of a bright natural individuality or grooming, but as an opportunity to do beautiful noble deeds, helping these other people, and how to look not at a person, but at his beautiful and rich inner content. Very often in our lives we pronounce the usual words “beauty”, “beautiful”, or simply “beautiful”.
Beauty as an evaluation material of the surrounding world. How to understand: “Beauty will save the world” - what is the meaning of the statement?
All interpretations of the word “beauty”, which is the initial source for other words formed from it, endow the speaker with an unusual ability to practically evaluate the phenomena of the world around us, the ability to admire works of literature, art, music; the desire to give compliments to another person. So many pleasant moments hidden in only one word of seven letters!
Everyone has their own concept of beauty.
Of course, beauty is understood by each individual in his own way, and each generation has its own criteria for beauty. There is nothing wrong. Everyone has long known that thanks to contradictions and disputes between people, generations and nations, only truth can be born. People by their nature are completely different in terms of perception and worldview. For one it’s good and beautiful, when he’s just neatly and fashionably dressed, for the other it’s bad to focus only on his appearance, he prefers to develop his inner world and increase his intellectual level. Everything that somehow relates to the understanding of beauty sounds from the mouth of everyone, proceeding from his personal perception of the surrounding reality. Romantic and sensual natures most often admire the phenomena and objects created by nature. The freshness of the air after the rain, the autumn leaf that fell from the branches, the fire of a bonfire and a clean mountain stream - all this is a beauty that should always be enjoyed. For more practical natures, based on objects and phenomena of the material world, beauty can be concluded as a result of, for example, an important transaction or a certain number of construction works. The child will be incredibly pleased with beautiful and bright toys, a woman will be delighted with a beautiful piece of jewelry, and a man will see the beauty in the new alloy wheels on his car. It seems to be one word, but how many concepts, how many different perceptions!
The depth of the simple word "beauty"
Beauty can also be considered from a deep point of view. “Beauty will save the world” - an essay on this topic can be written by everyone in completely different ways. And opinions about the beauty of life will be a lot.
Some people really believe that the world rests on beauty, while others say: “Beauty will save the world? Who told you such nonsense? ” You will answer: “How who? The great Russian writer Dostoevsky in his famous literary work "The Idiot!" And to you in reply: “So what, maybe, then beauty saved the world, now the main thing is different!” And, perhaps, they will even say what is most important for them. And that’s - it makes no sense to prove your idea of ​​the beautiful. Because you can, you see this, and your interlocutor, by virtue of his education, social status, age, gender, or other racial background, never noticed or thought about the presence of beauty in one or another subject or phenomenon.
Finally
Beauty will save the world, and we, in turn, must be able to save it. The main thing is not to destroy, but to preserve the beauty of the world, its objects and phenomena given by the Creator. Rejoice at every moment and opportunity to see and feel the beautiful as if it was your last moment in life. And then you will not even have a question: “Why will beauty save the world?” The answer will be taken for granted.