From the perspective of truth, goodness and beauty, the paintings of Kurt's aunt, Nazi officers, and doctors (hereinafter referred to as "lottery paintings"). Before the discussion, the "truth" in this article represents science and facts. "Goodness" refers to morality and ethics, and "beauty" is an intuitive personal perception.
(I don’t understand the Trinity of Truth, Goodness and Beauty, but for now, I think the "beauty" in "truth, goodness and beauty" can be independent.)
The relationship between the three elements in the lottery painting just allows the doctor to see the facts, the objective facts presented in the images. The objective facts of this image are the truth revealed without Kurt's knowledge. But is it the power of fact that defeats the doctor, or does it allow the doctor to change what he thinks is the correct science? no. The truth will have power only when people choose to ignore their conscience, avoid mistakes, and choose temporary selfish behavior when facing the truth of history buried in the torrent of history. As long as the truth is revealed to the hearts of individuals, the hearts of the people will always be condemned, whether or not the truth is revealed as an objective fact.
Obviously, the value orientation of doctors from beginning to end firmly believes that what they practice is the "Nazi racial eugenics" of the Nazis. Why does he believe in practice? Because the most direct manifestation is that he treats his descendants the same way. Ruthless! (I judge whether a person firmly believes in his own ideas, which is reflected in whether he treats his offspring like this. For example, you see that many people now say that they do not discriminate against homosexuality. Then you can ask if their children are homosexual?) From then on, I infer that the doctor has never changed. Even if the social environment is changing and the social values of the doctor are different, but the nature of the doctor has not changed. He always believes in his value orientation, then there is no conscience to blame. , Because in the doctor’s opinion, what he has always done is right and beneficial to human society. (From the perspective of persistence, Kurt and the doctor are both chameleons, but in the end they chose what they believe in. Kurt faces his own "beauty" squarely, and the doctor insists on his "correctness" )
I think the shock that can bring doctors is because society defines "good and evil", and what doctors insist on is intolerable in the current society. The connection between doctors and lottery pictures puts doctors at a disadvantage in the current environment. In such a society, the law and morality will judge his behaviors based on his own ideas as "crimes" and then "burn him to death". This is a threat to life because of different values. The values of the current society are based on another set of sciences that are different from the Nazi sciences. I don’t understand and study these sciences, but the Nazis’ concept of eugenics belongs to “pseudoscience” in the current society. It is not conducive to the survival and development of human beings (literally speaking, but I think the phrase "pursuing the happiness of mankind" is very big and false, and I don’t know what is conducive to human development)
The above words are not trying to argue about which ideas are right and wrong, which ideas are good or evil, and which sciences are true or false. Because I haven't studied it, I don't know. But the doctor is definitely not shocked by condemnation, but the fear that his life is threatened.
Finally, talk about the level of "beauty". Is this painting beautiful for two people? As early as the beginning, I said that the concept of beauty here belongs to the level of personal sensibility, and I cannot judge the sensibility of others with logic. I felt like I was saying that when my aunt was playing the piano, he saw beauty. Kurt's first adult image saw beauty when he looked at the natural scenery. Kurt saw beauty when he saw his wife standing on the stairs. But did Kurt see beauty when he saw this lottery painting? In terms of feeling, I don't think. To recall Kurt's reaction when he made the painting of his wife standing on the stairs. Later, he wanted to copy and record the moment when he felt the beauty. The work is a display of the writer's aesthetic appeal. After the work is completed, Kurt's feelings when he sees his wife's paintings are not necessarily the same as when he saw his wife in reality. The production of lottery pictures is a seemingly accidental process. What the lottery painting lacks is the same feeling that Kurt had when he saw his wife in reality. What about the doctor? I don't feel it either. It's not that this painting made him see beauty and caused him an emotional reaction, but his desire for life and rejection of death brought him fear.
A digression, in fact, being moved by something beautiful is similar to the reaction of being shocked by something fearful, which is called the "wind chill effect."
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