Beholding beauty with the eye of the mind, he will be enabled to bring forth, not images of beauty, but realities (for he has hold not of an image but of a reality), and bringing forth and nourishing true virtue to become the friend of God and be immortal, if mortal man may.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Seeing beauty with the mind allows one to create true virtue and connect with divinity.
- In plain terms
- Mental beauty creates real virtue and closeness to God.
- What can you take from it?
- True beauty cultivates virtue and spirituality.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes virtue real?
- How to find the divine?
Another view
Immortality remains a philosophical hypothesis.
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