The goal of a just society is inseparable from love and beauty.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A fair society is deeply connected to values of love and aesthetics.
- In plain terms
- Justice requires love and beauty to exist.
- What can you take from it?
- Seek justice through love and beauty.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does love factor into justice?
- Is beauty a societal need?
Another view
Justice can exist without explicit focus on beauty.
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