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Full Idea
If we are unable to net the good in a single concept, three must capture it: namely, beauty, proportion and truth.
Gist of Idea
The good involves beauty, proportion and truth
Source
Plato (Philebus [c.353 BCE], 65a)
Book Ref
Plato: 'Philebus', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [Penguin 1982], p.145
A Reaction
Very interesting. More illuminating than the discussion of the Good in 'Republic'. Is a handsome and honest murderer good? Is beauty part of the nature of the good, or a hallmark of it?