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Like Tamarinda, I have been thinking about our discussion on Thursday. It is becoming clear that we have to carefully define what we are talking about when we refer to beauty.
I used to be quite diffused about having different meanings for words. After all, we use these words that have arisen in the course with loose context, bending the words to give us more in those specific situations but making the word itself less distinct.

While it can be argued that giving a word multiple meaning through using it in different contexts gives a word more meaning - in a fundamental way the word also loses power. It losses its ability to make a sharp distinction, to be independent.

Is this a bad quality? I am not sure. While I am not made to be an English major, I can nonetheless appreciate the impact of using a word in a new context.

Our discussion on beauty is worrying, because if we are recklessly using words and not using the same definitions, the problems which define our society seem even more reasonable.