Friday, February 06, 2009

The True is the Splendor of the Beautiful

Frithjof Schuon said "The Beautiful is the Splendor of the True," and metaphysicians like Shankara, Plato, Plotinus and Meister Eckhart seem to agree with him.

It is not a minor point to say rather that the True is the Splendor of the Beautiful. The True is the defining Father Aspect of the Trinity, which in this case defines the Beautiful. If one makes of God “only” the Perfect Truth one appears to be rejecting the Trinity and the Perfect Object of God, which is more fully defined as the Trinity: Perfect Beauty (Son), Perfect Goodness (Holy Spirit) and Perfect Truth (Father).

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