David Bentley Hart Quote

God's pleasure—the beauty creation possesses in his regard—underlies the distinct being of creation, and so beauty is the first and truest word concerning all that appears within being; beauty is the showing of what is; God looked upon what he had wrought and saw that it was good.


Beauty, Violence, and Infinity: A Question Concerning Christian Rhetoric (ed. 1997)


God's pleasure—the beauty creation possesses in his regard—underlies the distinct being of creation, and so beauty is the first and truest word...

God's pleasure—the beauty creation possesses in his regard—underlies the distinct being of creation, and so beauty is the first and truest word...

God's pleasure—the beauty creation possesses in his regard—underlies the distinct being of creation, and so beauty is the first and truest word...

God's pleasure—the beauty creation possesses in his regard—underlies the distinct being of creation, and so beauty is the first and truest word...