Task 8. 1) Read and translate the text. BEAUTY. For the Greeks beauty was a virtue: a kind of excellence. Persons then were assumed to be what we now have to call - whole persons. If it did occur to the Greeks to distinguish between a person's inside and outsides, they still expected that inner beauty would be matched beauty of the other kind. The well-born young Athenians who gathered around Socrates found it quite par adoxical that their hero was so intelligent, so brave, so honorable, so seductive and so ugly. One of Socrates' main pedagogical acts was to be ugly - and teach those innocent, splendid looking disciples of how full of paradoxes life really was. They may have resisted Socrates' lesson. We do not. Several thousand years later, we are more wary of the enchantments of beauty. We not only split off - with the greatest facility - the inside (character, intellect) from the outside» (appearance); but we are actually surprised when someone who is beautiful is also intelligent, talented, good A beautiful woman, we say in English. But a handsome man. Handsome is the masculine equivalent of a compliment which has accumulated certain demeaning overtones, by being reserved for women only (from Women's Beauty: put down or power source? by Susan Sontag) 2) Comment upon underlined words. What is more significant for you inside or outside beauty? Why?
Task 8. 1) Read and translate the text. BEAUTY. For the Greeks beauty was a virtue: a kind of excellence. Persons then were assumed to be what we now have to call - whole persons. If it did occur to the Greeks to distinguish between a person's inside and outsides, they still expected that inner beauty would be matched beauty of the other kind. The well-born young Athenians who gathered around Socrates found it quite par adoxical that their hero was so intelligent, so brave, so honorable, so seductive and so ugly. One of Socrates' main pedagogical acts was to be ugly - and teach those innocent, splendid looking disciples of how full of paradoxes life really was. They may have resisted Socrates' lesson. We do not. Several thousand years later, we are more wary of the enchantments of beauty. We not only split off - with the greatest facility - the inside (character, intellect) from the outside» (appearance); but we are actually surprised when someone who is beautiful is also intelligent, talented, good A beautiful woman, we say in English. But a handsome man. Handsome is the masculine equivalent of a compliment which has accumulated certain demeaning overtones, by being reserved for women only (from Women's Beauty: put down or power source? by Susan Sontag) 2) Comment upon underlined words. What is more significant for you inside or outside beauty? Why?
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The text discusses the Greek concept of beauty as a virtue and how it was believed to be a reflection of a person's inner qualities as well as their external appearance. The well-born young Athenians were surprised that Socrates, despite being intelligent and courageous, was not conventionally handsome. This led to the understanding that inner beauty and outer beauty are not always directly correlated.
The underlined words highlight the distinction between inner and outer beauty. The text mentions how in modern times, there is a tendency to prioritize inner qualities (character, intellect) over external appearance. It references how society is often surprised when someone who is beautiful is also intelligent and talented, reflecting the idea that beauty is not the only measure of a person's worth.
For me personally, inner beauty is more significant than outer beauty. While physical appearance may initially attract attention, it is a person's character, intelligence, and values that ultimately determine their true beauty. Outer beauty fades over time, but inner beauty can shine through regardless of age or appearance.