Mar 26, 2008 04:00
16 yrs ago
English term
golden mean
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What's your viewpoint about golden mean, I want the definition of it.
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| 4 +6 | here it is |
Vladimir Dubisskiy
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| 3 +2 | please see explanation |
Mark Berelekhis
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Vladimir Dubisskiy
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here it is
In philosophy, especially that of Aristotle, the golden mean is the desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other of deficiency.
To the Greek mentality, it was an attribute of beauty. Both ancients and moderns realized that "there is a close association in mathematics between beauty and truth". The poet John Keats, in his Ode on a Grecian Urn, put it this way:
Beauty is truth, truth beauty, that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.
The Greeks believed there to be three concomitants of beauty: symmetry, proportion, and harmony. This triad of principles infused their life. They were very much attuned to beauty as an object of love and something that was to be imitated and reproduced in their lives, architecture, Paideia and politics. They judged life by this mentality.
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More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_mean_(philosophy)
To the Greek mentality, it was an attribute of beauty. Both ancients and moderns realized that "there is a close association in mathematics between beauty and truth". The poet John Keats, in his Ode on a Grecian Urn, put it this way:
Beauty is truth, truth beauty, that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.
The Greeks believed there to be three concomitants of beauty: symmetry, proportion, and harmony. This triad of principles infused their life. They were very much attuned to beauty as an object of love and something that was to be imitated and reproduced in their lives, architecture, Paideia and politics. They judged life by this mentality.
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Note added at 4 mins (2008-03-26 04:04:39 GMT)
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More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_mean_(philosophy)
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Mark Berelekhis
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please see explanation
Can't be certain without broader context, but here are some links. I assume that your 'mean' is the 3rd definition -- the golden ratio.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Mean
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio
In mathematics and the arts, two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio between the sum of those quantities and the larger one is the same as the ratio between the larger one and the smaller.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Mean
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio
In mathematics and the arts, two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio between the sum of those quantities and the larger one is the same as the ratio between the larger one and the smaller.
Peer comment(s):
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veratek
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Thank you, vera.
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d_vachliot (X)
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Thank you, Dimitris.
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