![It seems to me that whatever else is beautiful apart from absolute Beauty is beautiful because it partakes of that absolute Beauty, and for no other reason... [I]t is by Beauty that beautiful things are beautiful](https://i0.wp.com/dailyquotes4u.org/images/newquotes01/it-seems-to-me-that-whatever-else-is-beautiful-apart-from-absolute-beauty-is-beautiful-because-it-pa-1a603.jpg "It seems to me that whatever else is beautiful apart from absolute Beauty is beautiful because it partakes of that absolute Beauty, and for no other reason... [I]t is by Beauty that beautiful things are beautiful")
It seems to me that whatever else is beautiful apart from absolute Beauty is beautiful because it partakes of that absolute Beauty, and for no other reason… [I]t is by Beauty that beautiful things are beautiful (Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.)