Pleasing harmony of parts

The pleasing harmony of parts is similar to the idea of consonance or unison, in that it is sort of a term used to describe something that is or acts mechanical and are strung together and work well with each other, or organized. In the line of text that it is used, it is used as a potential description of beauty. The sentence goes, “If beauty can be defined as the pleasing harmony of parts”. The author does seem to however use a skeptical tone on this definition as he goes on by saying, “… so that what is beautiful has the character of a mechanical, a superficial integrity-then what is ugly can be described as a disharmonious totality”. The writer also uses examples such as a nose that is too large for a face or teeth that stick out to be disrupters to the harmony and that is what would make something or someone ugly. The idea of perfection in terms of looks is something that most human beings have been obsessed with since the beginning of us all. In a society where everyone is judged by how they look and, mainly targeted towards females, is used to make judgements and determine how you would treat that person as if they deserve to be on another level than anyone else. Beauty being a very superficial thing where the outside of someone matters more than who they truly are. The “pleasing harmony of parts” is used to perhaps make us think about society and how society is run by it.