Full Idea
Leibniz identified beauty with intellectual perfection.
Gist of Idea
Leibniz identified beauty with intellectual perfection
Source
report of Gottfried Leibniz (works [1690]) by Sebastian Gardner - Aesthetics 1.2.1
Book Reference
'Philosophy: a Guide Through the Subject', ed/tr. Grayling,A.C. [OUP 1995], p.590
A Reaction
Well he would, wouldn't he? Swots like Leibniz are inclined to value things which only they can fully appreciate. There may be intellectual subject matter in the study of a rose, but I do not believe that it is needed to appreciate the beauty.