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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / a. Idealistic ethics

23854	Beauty is the proof of what is good [Weil]
	Full Idea: When the subject in question is the good, beauty is a rigorous and positive proof.
	From: Simone Weil (The Need for Roots [1943], III 'Growing')
	A reaction: Purest platonism! It is incomprehensible to say 'this thing is evil, but it is beautiful'. But there are plenty of things which strike me as beautiful, without connecting that in any way to moral goodness.