Feb 2, 2021
The Return of Plato: Beauty, Imagination and Vision
“The notion that beauty was an essential component in the search for the ultimate reality, that imagination and vision were more significant in that quest than logic and dogma, that man could attain a direct knowledge of things divine—such ideas held much attraction for the new sensibility growing in Europe [during the Renaissance].”
~ Richard Tarnas, The Passion Of The Western Mind.
Image: La renaissance des arts et des lettres. Image description: The renaissance of arts and letters by Henri Sieurac Musée des Augustins, de Toulouse. Artist: Henri Sieurac (1823–1863). Image source: Wikimedia Commons. Image licence: Public domain.
