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Single Idea 390

[catalogued under 21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 4. Beauty]

Full Idea

Moderation and proportion seem, in effect, to be beauty and excellence. So now this property we're looking for, goodness, has taken refuge in beauty.

Clarification

'Beauty' is the Greek word 'kalos', which also translates as 'fine'

Gist of Idea

If goodness involves moderation and proportion, then it seems to be found in beauty

Source

Plato (Philebus [c.353 BCE], 64e)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Philebus', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [Penguin 1982], p.145