Beauty in HP (WAS: Re: THEORY: Hogwarts curri culum)

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> Kneasy wrote:
> > > > Oh - has anyone come across anything described 
as 'beautiful' 
> > > > in the books? Can't recall it myself. A society with no 
> > > > concept of beauty - how primitive can you get?
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> SSSusan:

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> SSSusan wrote:
> Finding Beauty in works of art or music, seeing Beauty in the form 
> or function of the architectural structure of a building, being 
> moved by the Beauty of nature or by the Beauty of the word in a 
well- crafted poem.  It's *these* kinds of references to beauty that 
are  apparently lacking within the Hogwarts curriculum and to which 
I  believe Kneasy referred.


Potioncat:
Well, time has passed since I read Kneasy's original post, and I may 
be missing the mark too. But...this is Harry's point of view we're 
seeing.  Have you ever gone on a field trip to a museum with a group 
of boys in this age range?   

You can lead a boy to beautiful art but you can't make him think. 
(Particularly after the first nude statue.)

There could be all sorts of attempts being made and it would most 
likely go over Harry's head.  (Dean Thomas might get it.)

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