Single Idea 23759

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love]

Full Idea

Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.

Gist of Idea

Everything which originates in love is beautiful

Source

Simone Weil (Human Personality [1943], p.93)

Book Reference

Weil,Simone: 'An Anthology' [Penguin 1986], p.93


A Reaction

I suppose if I found a counterexample, she would say that is not 'pure' love. This sentence leaves open the possibility of beauty in the absence of love (such as a beautiful face noticed in the street). In her case, can beauty and love be separated?

Related Idea

Idea 23758 Beauty is an attractive mystery, leaving nothing to be desired [Weil]