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Full Idea
The only legitimate proof [of God's existence] from the order of the world is the proof from the beauty of the world.
Gist of Idea
The only legitimate proof of God by order derives from beauty
Source
Simone Weil (God in Plato [1942], p.89)
Book Ref
Weil,Simone: 'Late Philosophical Writings' [Notre Dame 2015], p.89
A Reaction
She finds this proof in Plato. Hume's critique never (I think) mentions beauty, although in the 18thC love of the sublime could play that role. For me, the human experience of beauty doesn't have such cosmic significance.