Do you think knowledge takes away the true beauty of things?

Let's say you want to become a scientist. You would observe the night sky every night and gaze at the stars. When you become a scientist, you no longer see the stars as you once did. You only see the balls of hydrogen and helium.Do you think knowledge takes away the true beauty of things?
I still see the stars. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder :DDo you think knowledge takes away the true beauty of things?
Knowledge does not take away the true beauty of things. Knowledge makes you aware of the underlying principles of things. Knowledge reveals the beauty even more but one should not be carried away too much by knowledge that s/he completely loses touch with reality. In that case, yes knowledge does take away the true beauty of life itself.
Its just a progression; and it need not destroy the sense of wonder everyone else feels at viewing the world.
do agree





knowleged sometimes takes away more than we think, not only true beauty
Is that not beautiful aswell???i think so.even if you know how things work its still amazing how and why they work that way.things will never cease to be beautiful and amazing for me.i play guitar and thats like saying if i learn a song that it shouldnt be as beautiful to me anymore.it is.always is
Does understanding the reason behind beauty make it any less beautiful.





I think not.





Understanding that every person that I pass on the street looks beautiful to me because I see every one of them as perfect parts of a God that I love does not change the fact that they are all beautiful.





Love and blessings Don
youre right it does take away aestetic beauty, but your preise is off, who says aestetic beauty is the ultimate state to be in. When oyu know something you see beauty in the wisdom, in the design inplanted by its creator
Hi !!!





No, knowledge doesn't take away the beauty of anything!!!





The problem is not knowledge, the problem is the way we interpret it. often when we learn new things, and are knowledgeable of them, we tend to give to it our own interpretation.





As it usually happens we don't understand things as they are, so we make of it what is easier and most convenient for us, to understand.





But in any way the beauty of things diminishes just because we may have knowledge of it.





For example, the moon, the stars, we have knowledge of what are they all about now, but that didn't take any light, mystery or beauty out of them.





Still even today when looking at the stars or the moon, the sky, snow flakes,a flower or a baby; I found everything to be extraordinarily mysteriously beautiful, even with the knowledge of all of us put together!!!!
No I think it opens the world to the eternal beauty.


Through knowledge comes wisdom.


Wisdom discerns, from this perception is developed.


We walk by faith not by sight!


Faith cometh by hearing and hearing from the word of God.


Take care!
knowledge does seem to change the way you see something--think of a 'gestalt shift' (like Necker cube or rabbit/duck); but i don't think that the ability to 'see' the stars as helium/hydrogen 'erases' the ability to appreciate them as beautiful. the raw sense-perception remains regardless of underlying knowledge of what you are observing...there are probably examples where it might 'take away' from the experience, but it doesn't seem like there's a rule saying knowledge subtracts from beauty.





basically, i'm interested in your question but i don't have an answer. i was looking into work by a professor named Charles E. Scott and one of his books 'The Lives of Things' explores similar ideas. it's on my list of things to read, but i haven't gotten to it. if you want to pursue this line of thought, maybe you could check it out. it's listed on amazon, and they have a feature where you can 'look in' and read the first chapter for free...good luck.
Well, I don't know if all scientists see the stars as just balls of hydrogen and helium...





Knowledge discloses the truth of things beyond their appearance-- and there are many forms to this disclosure. The idea that the truth of existence can simply be reduced to the claims of rationalism or the descriptions of empiricism is a peculiar, modern fixation. Beauty is classically conceived as the presentation of form in all the splendor of its integrity, its clarity and in fulfillment of its nature-- a scientist can appreciate this about the stars, even if they are a materialist, and only see the stars as a ball of hydrogen and helium. Knowledge need not inhibit our experience of the beautiful, but it can lead us to the wisdom of existence, that might make our experience of beauty bittersweet. Knowledge reveals that all things, in this world, even the most beautiful, are finite and contingent-- and are therefore passing away. This can enhance our appreciation, but it can also impart much sorrow and regret.
Knowledge has nothing to do with beauty. Beauty is the set of elements that -together- give a pleasent feeling to the eyes and the soul. If a botanist offers a bouquet of roses to his wife, I am sure that he does neither think nor say :';Darling I am bringing you a bunch of red petals and sepals and chlorophile belonging to such botanic family. I have never heard a chemist ask -in a restaurant - for sodium chloride instead of salt.For the lovers , whatever may be their college degree- the moon is still this romantic circle that lights discretely the lovers' nights.
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Actually, I think knowledge gives you the tools to say, ';Yes, that star is a ball of hydrogen and hellium, but it is much more than that.';
never. knowledge is empowering