In Praise of Beauty- Downloadable Digital File

In Praise of Beauty

Laurence Freeman, OSB

"Love of beauty puts us in touch with our longing to love - our longing to transcend earth - to be immortal."

With these words from Plato, Laurence Freeman begins an exciting exploration of the mystery of beauty.  Through teachings of Plato, Simone Weil and Jane Austen, we begin to understand the nature of True beauty and False beauty and our eternal attraction to its essence, pain and joy.

Talk 1 The Experience of Beauty/ Plato and Beauty .................60:00

Talk 2 Beauty in Sound/False Beauty- Illusion.........................58:00

Talk 3 Awakening to Beauty/A Look at Jane Austin..................68:00

Talk 4 Internal Beauty/ Mistake of Imitating Beauty................58:00

Talk 5 Recognizing Beauty/The Beauty of Death.....................56:00

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