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Full Idea
To God, all things are beautiful, good and just; but men have assumed some things to be unjust, others just.
Gist of Idea
To God (though not to humans) all things are beautiful and good and just
Source
Heraclitus (fragments/reports [c.500 BCE], B102), quoted by Porphyry - Notes on Homer Il.4.4
Book Ref
'Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers', ed/tr. Freeman,Kathleen [Harvard 1957], p.31
A Reaction
The idea that all things are actually 'just' strikes me as nonsense. I also don't think I can get my head round the idea that everything is actually good and beautiful. Must try harder.