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Full Idea
Moral disintegration when we spend time in a place that is too beautiful: the self dissolves upon contact with paradise.
Gist of Idea
We morally dissolve if we spend time with excessive beauty
Source
E.M. Cioran (The Trouble with Being Born [1973], 06)
Book Ref
Cioran,E.M.: 'The Trouble with Being Born', ed/tr. Richard Howard [Penguin 2012], p.79
A Reaction
I'm not sure whether that is true, but it is worth thinking about the value of experiences which are overwhelming.