In modern English, beautifull is a common misspelling of the word beautiful. Despite this, the two words are closely related: both describe aesthetically pleasing objects and people. Moreover, they are closely associated with feelings and emotions, especially love and adoration. Some examples of this include the awe-inspiring beauty of a sunset or the beauty of someone with an attractive figure.
There have been a variety of philosophical ideas about beauty, some more influential than others. These range from the hedonistic beauty of Kant to the ecstatic neo-Platonism of Plotinus. However, many of these ideas have a degree of incompatibility or conflict with one another.
For example, the hedonistic concept of beauty has some elements of narcissism and self-indulgence while Kant’s concept of beauty has some elements of objectivity and disinterested pleasure. Also, the neo-Platonist concept of beauty includes transcendence while the hedonistic view is limited to our material existence.
Other definitions of beautiful focus on the idea of a unified whole or on the aesthetic pleasure that it invokes. For example, the philosopher Schiller defines beauty as “the process of integrating or making compatible the natural and the spiritual, the sensuous and the rational” (G.E. Hickey). This is similar to Plato’s ‘ladder’ concept of beauty that leads from the natural to the abstract or spiritual realm.
In addition to being a hedonistic and objective concept of beauty, the idea of beautifull is often interpreted as a moral concept. This can be seen in the emphasis on non-violent child rearing, asceticism and good acts that benefit society and the planet as a whole, rather than simply benefiting an individual.
While there are a variety of views about the nature of beauty, there has been a revival of interest in this concept in art and philosophy since the 1990s. This has included both feminist-oriented reconstruals or reappropriations of the concept and also new scientific research.
Some researchers have argued that our experience of beauty is not solely within our skulls but connects us to other people and the environment as well. They suggest that this is evidence of a deeper level of human consciousness.
Interestingly, many studies show that our judgments of beautifull are not necessarily stable over time. This may be due to the fact that our perceptions are influenced by the context in which we see an object or person. In addition, our experiences of beauty may vary depending on our moods or what other information we have about the object or person.
For example, some people have a greater “nature relatedness” (NR) and therefore rate the outdoors as more beautiful than urban environments. In contrast, other people have a greater City Relatedness (CR) and are more likely to rate urban environments as beautiful. This could be due to the fact that CR is more linked to a sense of place, which can influence NR and in turn affect our evaluations of beauty.