我们尽可谈论美的事物，但美本身却是抽象的。

We may talk of beautiful things but beauty itself is abstract.

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我认为我对美的事物的定义有一个非常不同的视角。

I think I have a very different perspective when it comes to the definition of what is beautiful.

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他们能承认错误，从远非完美的事物中看到价值，并找出需要改进的地方。

They can acknowledge mistakes, see value in things that are far from perfect and identify areas for improvement.

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An aesthetic object can be purposeful; that is to say we can view it as purposeful.

美的事物也可以有“目的性“,就是说我们可以带着“目的性“看待它。

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There's all sorts of beautiful objects in the world.

在这个世界上存在各种美的事物

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