> [!custom-bud-type]- Note Details > - Type: [[note]] > - Topics: [[philosophy]] [[spirituality]] [[humanism]] [[being]] > - Stage: [[bud 🌿]] Truth, beauty, and goodness are interconnected ideals representing fundamental virtues of reality and human experience, where **truth** refers to authentic understanding or alignment with reality, **beauty** embodies harmony and aesthetic resonance, and **goodness** signifies moral integrity and compassionate action. Together, these principles guide individuals toward a holistic, meaningful, and flourishing life. # Spiritual Origins ### Platonism - referred to as forms or ideas which are perfect, eternal and immaterial essences of things - the good, the highest form and source of all others - the true, relating to knowledge and reality - the beautiful, that which stirs love and admiration ### Christianity - God is often described as embodying truth, goodness, and beauty ### Buddhism - pursuit of truth (dharma) - goodness (ethical conduct and compassion) - beauty (harmony and balance) ### Hinduism - three main attributes of the divine - satyam (truth) - shivam (goodness) - sundaram (beauty) ### Neoplatonism - single source from which all existence emanates and is ordered - the source is good, from it flows the intellect (which perceives and orders universe, relating to the true), and the soul (which in its highest form, appreciates and creates beauty) ### Ken Wilber - three main dimensions of human existence - interdependent, but need to be balanced and harmonized - art (beautiful), science (true), morals (good) - complementary ways of exploring and expressing reality - don't try to reduce the good and beautiful to the true - the truth is beautiful