Full Idea
I am the beauty of all things beautiful; ...I am the goodness of those who are good, says Krishna.
Gist of Idea
I am all the beauty and goodness of things, says Krishna
Source
Anon (Bhag) (The Bhagavad Gita [c.500 BCE], 10.36)
Book Reference
'The Bhagavad Gita', ed/tr. Mascaro,Juan [Penguin 1962], p.87
A Reaction
Another attempt to annexe everything which is admirable to the nature of God. This sounds strikingly Platonic (c.f. Idea 7992, which seems Aristotelian). One scholar dates the text to 150 BCE. I think there is influence, one way or the other.
Related Idea
Idea 7992 The visible forms of nature are earth, water, fire, air, ether; mind, reason, and the sense of 'I' [Anon (Bhag)]