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Full Idea
Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
Gist of Idea
Everything which originates in love is beautiful
Source
Simone Weil (Human Personality [1943], p.93)
Book Ref
Weil,Simone: 'An Anthology' [Penguin 1986], p.93
A Reaction
I suppose if I found a counterexample, she would say that is not 'pure' love. This sentence leaves open the possibility of beauty in the absence of love (such as a beautiful face noticed in the street). In her case, can beauty and love be separated?
Related Idea
Idea 23758 Beauty is an attractive mystery, leaving nothing to be desired [Weil]