The Only Use of
aesthetic
in
Fahrenheit 451
- Its real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences . . . clean, quick, sure; nothing to rot later. Antibiotic, aesthetic, practical.
p. 109.6aesthetic = tasteful or attractiveeditor's notes: It is ironic that Beatty is talking about the beauty of fire just before Montag incinerates him.
Definitions:
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(1)
(aesthetic) related to beauty or good taste -- often referring to one's appreciation of beauty or one's sense of what is beautiful
or:
beautiful or tasteful -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In Philosophy, "aesthetics" is the study of theories of what is beautiful.