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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 4. Beauty

21233	The beautiful is whatever it is intrinsically good to admire [Moore,GE]
	Full Idea: The beautiful should be defined as that of which the admiring contemplation is good in itself.
	From: G.E. Moore (Principia Ethica [1903], p.210), quoted by Graham Farmelo - The Strangest Man
	A reaction: To work, this definition must exclude anything else which it is intrinsically good to admire. Good deeds obviously qualify for that, so good deeds must be intrinsically beautiful (which would be agreed by ancient Greeks). We can't ask WHY it is good!