396Quote of the Day: Beauty and Evil
posted by Jeffrey on February 20th, 2008
“When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty, there arises the recognition of ugliness. When they all know the good as good, there arises the recognition of evil.”
~Lao-tzu
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001: Justin Bertram,
February 20th, 2008 at 8:24 pmI wonder how absolutely our old friend Lao intended his assertion.
It seems that it is just as likely that ignorance of beauty (at least on the part of some) would lead to ugliness (though not necessarily). The same seems to hold for good/evil.
Thoughts?
002: Rick,
February 25th, 2008 at 12:41 pmThere is only beauty. Ugliness only exist in the mind of someone who doesn’t see beauty.
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