Jonathan Edwards Quote

The beauty of the world consists wholly of sweet mutual consents, either within itself or with the supreme being.


"The Beauty of the World" (c.1725), from the notebook The Images of Divine Things, The Shadows of Divine Things, The Language and Lessons of Nature (published 1948).


The beauty of the world consists wholly of sweet mutual consents, either within itself or with the supreme being.

The beauty of the world consists wholly of sweet mutual consents, either within itself or with the supreme being.

The beauty of the world consists wholly of sweet mutual consents, either within itself or with the supreme being.

The beauty of the world consists wholly of sweet mutual consents, either within itself or with the supreme being.