Ugliness Is A Disease | How Ugly Things Demoralize Us

In this video we explore the uglification of pretty much everythign we see around us these days. Diotema's ladder - a concept out of Plato's dialogue entitled Symposium teaches us that beauty is the catalyst towards wisdom.

To surround yourself with beautiful things is to craft an environment in which inner growth flourishes. Ugly things in turn demoralize and sap us of our will to take action.

The original video I comment on can be found at the link below. The original video has a ridiculous sibilance problem that I fix in my edit of it. But its good to give credit where credit is due.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0i__KrAzgo

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