Letter from V.A. Sukhomlinsky to his son. The problem of true beauty What is the essence of human beauty

External human beauty embodies our ideas about the ideal of beauty. External beauty is not only the anthropological perfection of all elements of the body, not only health. This is inner spirituality - a rich world of thoughts and feelings, moral dignity, respect for people and for oneself...

Composition

Each of us throughout our lives develops our own concept of the norm, the concept of morality, the concept of beauty and, as we know, as many people as there are, so many opinions. What makes up the true beauty of a person? V.A. invites us to think about this question in his text. Sukhomlinsky.

Analyzing this problem, the author brings to our attention a story from the life of the sculptor Miron, whose “Discoball” became a classic ancient art and at the same time the most “popular” work of the creator, and someone even calls this statue the pinnacle, the “apotheosis” of all creative activity sculptor. The writer draws our attention to the fact that this work art represents true human beauty, since this sculpture of a man with a disc in his hand represents an image of a person depicted in the process of activity, completely harmonious with it. The author leads us to the idea that the features of this figure are so beautiful because the external appearance of this character is “illuminated by inner inspiration” and is depicted through the tension of internal spiritual and physical forces. In other words, V.A. Sukhomlinsky emphasizes that extraordinary beauty This figure was a combination of anthropological perfection and inner harmony and spirituality.

A truly beautiful person is one whose inner and outer beauty appears in strong tandem and forms a harmonious image. The writer believes that the true beauty of a person consists primarily of the depth of his inner world - morality, activity, spirituality, creative and aesthetic principles. What matters, of course, is anthropological perfection, human health - and only both of these factors, external beauty, purity of thoughts, unity of actions and feelings in the compartment form a complete, harmonious image, which is, in essence, “beauty” in its general understanding .

One cannot but agree with the thought of V.A. Sukhomlinsky. Indeed, a person is beautiful in the harmony of feelings, actions, thoughts and, of course, appearance. In the event that a person is engaged in something that gives him sincere pleasure, cares not only about external, but also about internal beauty, develops his spiritual world, does not waste time on immoral activities, values ​​​​his dignity and remains himself - only in this case can he be called truly beautiful.

M. Gorky in the story “Old Woman Izergil” introduces the reader to a hero who is “beautiful” in all respects. Danko, being a romantic image, is initially presented as a strong, beautiful, independent person, but all his inner beauty is revealed in his actions. While saving a pathetic, evil, hypocritical crowd of people from death, he did not think about his own salvation - all his actions were aimed at helping people. Realizing that it was impossible to get out of the forest in pitch darkness, Danko took his flaming heart out of his chest and lit the way for people with it, giving them the opportunity to live and taking this opportunity away from himself. This hero was beautiful not only externally, but also internally, and his altruism and heart blazing with fire became confirmation of this.

Really beautiful and main character D. London's novel "Martin Eden". The writer reveals his image against the backdrop of several layers of the population at once - Martin grew up among the working class, and his formation occurred at a time when he was in close contact with an educated, bourgeois family. However, he was not truly “at home” with anyone - the lower class was disgusted with drunkenness and debauchery, however, those who at first seemed to be an example to him ended up being hypocrites and were smart and deep only at first glance. The hero himself was always morally pure and radiated inner strength and harmony, which is how he was able to win Ruth’s heart, and having discovered the huge world of books, he also began to develop mentally, thereby feeding and cultivating his innate potential. Martin's external beauty is coupled with confidence, morality and writing activity created a harmonious, truly beautiful image that attracts and bewitches the reader from the very first lines.

In conclusion, I would like to say once again that beauty is not only external, it is not only internal - it is the totality of everything that is in a person, framed by the harmony of thoughts, actions and feelings.

The little prince uttered very wise words that not every adult will understand: “Only the heart is vigilant. You cannot see the most important things with your eyes.” He meant that appearance says nothing about a person. The main thing is what is in his soul. Handsome man may turn out to be completely immoral, and an unattractive person may turn out to be a person with high moral principles.

F.M. Dostoevsky "Crime and Punishment"

Svidrigailov is pleasant in appearance. His appearance doesn't reveal how terrible he is. inner world: the hero is ready to do anything for his slightest whim. At first glance, it is impossible to see Svidrigailov as a tyrant and rapist.

You can say something completely different about Sonya Marmeladova. Because of her lifestyle, she is pale, thin, and intimidated. But behind this appearance lies a truly beautiful inner world.

Oscar Wilde "The Portrait of Dorian Gray"

As a young man, Dorian makes a wish: he asks that a portrait painted by Basil Hallward grow old in his place. The wish comes true. Beauty becomes the main source of power for a young man. Dorian Gray does not change over the years. His appearance is not spoiled by immoral actions. For beautiful appearance The young man is hiding an immoral creature for whom nothing is sacred. People who don't know what this person is capable of don't see anything bad in him. Beauty only outwardly hides moral ugliness. It turns out that appearances are deceiving.

L.N. Tolstoy "War and Peace"

Helen Kuragina is beautiful, but that doesn't make her good person. This woman is immoral, selfish, selfish, stupid. Attractive appearance has nothing to do with the moral qualities of the heroine.

Marya Bolkonskaya's appearance cannot be called attractive. The true beauty of this man is shown in the tall moral principles and moral actions. Heroes who were able to see real beauty were not given importance appearance Princess Marya.

(manual by N.A. Senina, 2016, option 1)

Since ancient times, people have noticed beauty. Artists depicted it on their canvases, poets - in poetry, and philosophers and thinkers pondered the riddle true beauty. People have been trying to understand this mystery for centuries.

So what kind of beauty can be called real? Reply to this question gives Pavel Vasiliev, reflecting on the problem posed.

IN modern world People have a stereotype that beauty is a combination of only external signs. However, this is a big misconception. There is also inner beauty, which has no less, if not more, importance than external beauty. It’s not for nothing that they say that people are greeted by their clothes and seen off by their minds. True beauty is a combination of both appearance and soul. The author writes about this of this text: “Such beauty is as rare a gift of nature for a person as talent or even genius.” The girl is beautiful on the outside, but has flaws on the inside, as her soul is callous. She puts her pressing problems higher than true universal values, such as helping a loved one. “They’re waiting for me there...” she added with that irritation in her voice that, they say, I don’t have time, but there are some here, - she looked at me expressively...” With the help of such a contrast, the author shows her true ugliness, before which her appearance pales.

Thus, the writer believes that beauty is a combination of external and internal qualities. And I absolutely agree with him.

An attractive appearance does not always indicate a rich inner world. Helen Kuragina in L. N. Tolstoy’s epic novel “War and Peace” has extraordinary beauty. However, it later turns out that this is just a bright wrapper, behind which there is emptiness and spiritual squalor. And Natasha Rostova and Marya Bolkonskaya are not perfect on the outside, but they are beautiful on the inside. This is what heroines attract people with. The above example proves that the soul sometimes plays much more important than appearance.

Sometimes spiritual beauty can outshine external flaws. Thus, N. Zabolotsky’s poem talks about an ugly girl who looks like a frog. Outwardly she is not pretty, but she is beautiful with her inner originality. Her lively and open soul amazes and attracts the author. Thus, this example proves that a person’s spiritual world can be much more important than his appearance.

To summarize, we can say with confidence: true beauty is not only a bright wrapper, but also a rich inner world. It’s not without reason that they say that you can’t judge a book by its cover.

Vladislav Sobolev

“The Beauty of Nature” - The berries are filled with juice, painted with sunny paint. “Love your native field. Aspen. V. Crow. 5. Should I try some more berries? Raspberry. The circumference is five arshins. The crown occupies three hundred square meters. S. Yesenin. They weave bodies and baskets for me. O. Vysotskaya. Love the green forest, both on the earth and on the sky, and fix your inquisitive gaze.” A. Kruglov.

“Human Races” - Mongoloid – indigenous people Central and Eastern Asia, Indonesia, Siberia. The concept of race. Each race is characterized by a unity of origin. Summarize existing knowledge about human races. Plan. Form a negative attitude towards the reactionary essence of racism and social Darwinism. Europioid - the indigenous population of Europe, South Asia and North Africa.

"Model representation" - Case fig. 2.12.a shows a nonlinear function of the form y=f(x). System. The classification of types of system modeling is shown in Fig. 1.9. The phenomenological model is based on a qualitative understanding of the physical situation. Block diagrams of individual fragments of the model: Only specific values ​​of symbolic parameters and initial values ​​are missing.

“The Ideal of Man” - Main part. Relevance. What does human life meaningful? Study of works of various genres of modern Russian literature. Every day, books of hundreds of different titles appear in our country. Detective. Author of the work: Drobysheva Anastasia Nikolaevna. Dramaturgy. The drama depicts life in events, actions, and clashes of heroes.

“Information and forms of its presentation” - Information, including graphic and audio, can be presented in analog or discrete form. The presentation was prepared by 10th grade student Ksenia Makarova. Let us give an example of analog and discrete representation of information. The conversion of graphic and sound information from analogue to discrete form is carried out by sampling, that is, splitting a continuous graphic image And.

“The Beauty of Japanese Art” - Art of Japan. “Don’t create, but find and open.” But in a tree garden, the main thing is the trees... The Japanese garden is characterized by an atmosphere of mystery, which is the basis of the park design. Horyuji Monastery. 607 Nara. Trees, stones, water are integral parts of the Japanese garden. In a city garden we expect to see patterned flower beds, flower beds, cleared and trampled paths.

Sections: Russian language

Lesson objectives.

Educational:

  • generalize and expand the idea of ​​reasoning as a type of speech;
  • systematize knowledge about the journalistic style of the text;
  • teach how to select material on a moral and ethical topic.

Educational:

  • continue to work on developing the ability to construct a text of reasoning;
  • continue to work on developing the ability to find linguistic signs of journalistic style in the text;
  • continue to work on developing the ability to select material on moral and ethical topics.

Educational:

  • to instill in students a sense of beauty;
  • develop in students creativity, emotions, cognitive abilities - speech, thinking, attention, imagination, perception.

Equipment: reproductions of paintings, a multimedia projector, a disc with a recording of the musical work by A. Vivaldi “The Seasons”, handouts with a fragment of the work by V. A. Sukhomlinsky “Letters to my son”.

Lesson plan:

I. Opening remarks.

II. Introduction of the aesthetic category “beauty” based on works of fine art.

III. Explanation of the concept of “beauty”. Appeal to folk wisdom and a piece of music.

IV. The embodiment of beauty in words. Analysis of the text (V. A. Sukhomlinsky “Letters to my son”).

V. Repetition of information about the composition of an essay-reasoning.

VI. Determining essay topics.

Lesson progress

I. Teacher: Good afternoon, guys! Today we have a lesson in preparing for an essay-reasoning on a moral and ethical topic.

II. Look at reproductions of paintings: “Venus” by Botticelli, “La Gioconda” by L. da Vinci, “Portrait of Karamzin” by Kiprensky, various children’s portraits, landscapes, images of architectural monuments.

What emotions do these paintings evoke in you?

Student: A feeling of beauty. Beauty generates positive emotions and provides aesthetic pleasure.

Teacher: Why does all people enjoy looking at masterpieces of world art?

Student: They carry “eternal” values: Kindness, Beauty, Love. They reflect the centuries-old experience of human genius.

III. Teacher: How do you understand the word “beauty”?

Student: Everything beautiful, wonderful, everything that gives aesthetic and moral pleasure. (Ozhegov S.I. “ Dictionary Russian language").

Teacher: This is what folk wisdom says about beauty: (The teacher uses a multimedia projector to demonstrate examples of proverbs)

A beautiful word is silver, and a good deed is gold.

Spring is red with flowers, autumn with sheaves.

A bird is beautiful in its singing, and a man is beautiful in his ability.

Speech is beautiful as a proverb.

Beauty without intelligence is empty.

What examples of proverbs can you give?

Which of the following proverbs seems to you the initial one necessary for understanding the others?

Student: Beauty without intelligence is empty.

Teacher: Why do you think so?

Student: Only a thinking person is able to appreciate true beauty.

Teacher: What types of art do you know that embody beauty?

Student: Painting, music, sculpture, architecture, cinema.

Teacher: Let's turn to musical works. Listen to a fragment of A. Vivaldi’s work “The Seasons”, and then write down a number of associations that arose during this listening. (You can offer an excerpt from the composition “Summer” from this cycle)

Student: Wind, gustyness, wall of rain, cold jets, rage, power, storm, thunderstorm.

Teacher: Music is a phenomenal phenomenon. Her relationship with people is amazing. Melodious sounds work wonders - the soul awakens and transforms in a person, states and moods change...

IV. We saw how beauty is embodied in painting and music. Let us turn to his verbal image, vividly presented in a letter from Vasily Aleksandrovich Sukhomlinsky to his son.

(Handout)

From the time a man became a man, from the moment when he gazed at the beauty of the evening dawn, he began to gaze into himself. Beauty is deeply human. This is the joy of our life. Man became Man because he saw the depth of the azure sky, the twinkling of stars, the pink spill of the evening dawn, the crimson sunset before a windy day, the fluttering haze over the horizon, the endless distance of the steppes, blue shadows in the snowdrifts of March snow, a flock of cranes in blue sky, the reflection of the sun in myriads of drops of morning dew, gray threads of rain on a cloudy autumn day, a purple cloud on a lilac bush, a delicate stem and blue bell of a snowdrop - I saw and, amazed, walked along the ground, creating new beauty. Stop in amazement at beauty - and nobility will bloom in your heart.

External human beauty embodies our ideas about the ideal of beauty. External beauty is not only the anthropological perfection of all elements of the body, not only health. This is inner spirituality - a rich world of thoughts and feelings, moral dignity, respect for people and for oneself.

The unity of internal and external beauty is an aesthetic expression of a person’s moral dignity. A person’s beauty manifests itself most clearly when he is engaged in a favorite activity, which by its nature emphasizes something good in him, characteristic of his personality.

Spiritual emptiness makes a person’s appearance faceless. Nothing is more disfiguring than servility: a person becomes not himself, he seems to strive to get out of his own skin.

Ideal human beauty- this is at the same time an ideal of morality. The unity of physical, moral, aesthetic perfection is the harmony that is talked about so much.

You are the creator of your own spiritual beauty. The beauty of the people living next to you depends on you.

Read the text out loud.

Who is this message addressed to?

Student: Son.

Teacher: Is it only him? Think about it.

Student: This is spiritual testament to all humanity.

Teacher: Give examples from the text to support your thoughts.

Disciple: “Stop in amazement before beauty - and nobility will bloom in your heart.” “You are the creator of your own spiritual beauty.”

Teacher: How does V. A. Sukhomlinsky define this immutable highest human value?

Student: “Beauty is deeply human. This is the joy of our life.”

Student: “The unity of internal and external beauty is an aesthetic expression of a person’s moral dignity.” “The unity of physical, moral, aesthetic perfection is the harmony that is talked about so much.”

Student: An ideally developed personality is one who is harmonious, beautiful externally and internally.

Teacher: But often it is external beauty that attracts attention first of all, because people are greeted by their clothes. Especially in our time, when the cult of external beauty and eternal youth is actively promoted. However, centuries-old experience confirms the wise and fair words of V. A. Sukhomlinsky: “Spiritual emptiness makes a person’s appearance faceless.” Reflecting on spirituality, V. A. Sukhomlinsky sums up the following. Find out for yourself which one.

Student: “You are the creator of your own spiritual beauty. The beauty of the people living next to you depends on you.”

V. Teacher: The structural element of what type of speech is the summary-conclusion?

Student: Reasoning.

Teacher: Remember the composition of the argument and identify it in the text.

Student: As thesis The text contains the sentence: “Beauty is deeply human.” Evidence are statements about the unity of external and internal beauty, as necessary components of a harmoniously developed personality. Conclusion is given at the end of the fragment: “The unity of physical, moral, aesthetic perfection - this is the harmony that is talked about so much.”

Teacher: In which text style is reasoning most often used?

Student: In journalistic and scientific.

Teacher: What style does this text belong to? What linguistic features of this style can you find in the text?

Student: In the text there are often sentences whose function is to influence the consciousness of readers: “Stop in amazement at beauty - and nobility will bloom in your heart.” “You are the creator of your own spiritual beauty. The beauty of the people living next to you depends on you.”

The narration is distinguished by its special emotionality, manifested in the use of various visual means: “azure sky”, “gray threads of rain”, “blue bell of a snowdrop”, “nobility will bloom”. The text also contains examples of a terminological nature: “anthropological perfection”, “moral dignity”, “aesthetic perfection”.

VI. Teacher: At home, write an essay on one of the suggested topics:

  1. Will beauty save the world?
  2. Eternal beauty and modern beauty.
  3. “You are the creator of your own spiritual beauty.”

Literature

  1. Lizinsky V. M. Ethical and cultural sermons for every week // Class teacher. – 2006. - No. 5. – pp. 82-97
  2. Lizinsky V. M. Ethical and cultural sermons for every week (end) // Class teacher. – 2006. - No. 6. – pp. 105-116
  3. Ozhegov S.I., Shvedova N.Yu. Explanatory dictionary of the Russian language. – M., 1995
  4. Sukhomlinsky V. A. Letters to his son. (Letter No. 22) – M., 1987. – P. 79-83