Single Idea 23892

[catalogued under 28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof]

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 Reference

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.