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2:7.8 The [[discernment]] of supreme [[beauty]] is the [[discovery]] and integration of [[reality]]: The discernment of the divine [[goodness]] in the eternal truth, that is ultimate beauty. Even the [[charm]] of human [[art]] consists in the [[harmony]] of its [[unity]].

2:7.8 The [[discernment]] of supreme [[beauty]] is the [[discovery]] and integration of [[reality]]: The discernment of the divine [[goodness]] in the eternal truth, that is ultimate beauty. Even the [[charm]] of human [[art]] consists in the [[harmony]] of its [[unity]].

2:7.9 The great mistake of the [[Judaism|Hebrew religion]] was its failure to associate the goodness of God with the factual truths of [[science]] and the appealing beauty of [[art]]. As [[civilization]] progressed, and since religion continued to pursue the same unwise course of overemphasizing the goodness of God to the relative exclusion of truth and neglect of beauty, there developed an increasing tendency for certain types of men to turn away from the abstract and dissociated concept of isolated goodness. The overstressed and [[Isolation|isolated]] [[morality]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_religions#Modern_period|modern religion], which fails to hold the [[devotion]] and loyalty of many [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century twentieth-century] men, would rehabilitate itself if, in addition to its moral [[mandates]], it would give equal consideration to the [[truths]] of [[science]], [[philosophy]], and [[spiritual]] [[experience]], and to the beauties of the [[physical]] [[creation]], the [[charm]] of [[intellectual]] [[art]], and the grandeur of genuine [[character]] achievement.

2:7.9 The great mistake of the [[Judaism|Hebrew religion]] was its failure to associate the goodness of God with the factual truths of [[science]] and the appealing beauty of [[art]]. As [[civilization]] progressed, and since religion continued to pursue the same unwise course of overemphasizing the goodness of God to the relative exclusion of truth and neglect of beauty, there developed an increasing tendency for certain types of men to turn away from the abstract and dissociated concept of isolated goodness. The overstressed and [[Isolation|isolated]] [[morality]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_religions#Modern_period|modern religion], which fails to hold the [[devotion]] and loyalty of many [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century twentieth-century] men, would rehabilitate itself if, in addition to its moral [[mandates]], it would give equal consideration to the [[truths]] of [[science]], [[philosophy]], and [[spiritual]] [[experience]], and to the beauties of the [[physical]] [[creation]], the [[charm]] of [[intellectual]] [[art]], and the grandeur of genuine [[character]] achievement.

2:7.10 The religious [[challenge]] of this age is to those farseeing and forward-looking men and women of spiritual [[insight]] who will dare to construct a new and appealing [[Art of Living|philosophy of living]] out of the enlarged and exquisitely integrated modern [[concepts]] of cosmic [[truth]], universe [[beauty]], and divine [[goodness]]. Such a new and righteous [[vision]] of [[morality]] will attract all that is good in the mind of man and challenge that which is best in the human [[soul]]. Truth, beauty, and goodness are divine realities, and as man ascends the scale of spiritual living, these supreme qualities of the Eternal become increasingly co-ordinated and unified in [[God]], who is [[love]].

2:7.10 The religious [[challenge]] of this age is to those farseeing and forward-looking men and women of spiritual [[insight]] who will dare to construct a new and appealing [[Art of Living|philosophy of living]] out of the enlarged and exquisitely integrated modern [[concepts]] of cosmic [[truth]], universe [[beauty]], and divine [[goodness]]. Such a new and righteous [[vision]] of [[morality]] will attract all that is good in the mind of man and challenge that which is best in the human [[soul]]. Truth, beauty, and goodness are divine realities, and as man ascends the scale of spiritual living, these supreme qualities of the Eternal become increasingly co-ordinated and unified in [[God]], who is [[love]].