In English
Truth, Goodness and Beauty constitute humanness
- Truth, Goodness and beauty - these three constitute the essential nature of humanness In ancient times, this was the description given by Plato, the Greek philosopher. The Greeks could see the oneness underlying these three attributes. Plato expatiated on "Truth, Goodness and Beauty." expressed the same thing in the terms . Though there is a difference in the language of the words used, their essential meaning is the same. Such correspondence between concepts in Indian metaphysics and the doctrines of Christianity and other faiths exists in respect of ideas regarding the relationship between man, nature and God. Based on their different regional and ethnic differences, people in different regions of the world developed different faiths and cultures. But the essence of all their beliefs is one and the same principle. That is the principle of love. There is no human being in the world without love. However, that love expresses itself in many ways. In a mental asylum there are people with many kinds of delusions. In a sense, the entire world may be considered as a mental asylum. There are in the world people crazy about money. There are others who have obsessions regarding their health and sickness. There are others who are crazy about power and position. In this manner every individual is obsessed with some desire or other. There are, again, some who are obsessed with the idea of God. Of all these forms of madness, the madness for God is most commendable.