“Beauty awakens the soul to act,” Blogpost by Danny Crosby

Danny Crosby, in his blogpost, analyzes the concept of beauty by reviewing David Whyte’s book —CONSOLATIONS: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words.

“Now as if by chance, or not, the very same day that the book arrived a friend of mine posted a ‘meme’ on social media which read ‘Beauty awakens the soul to act’, it is a quote by Dante. It struck me powerfully and got me thinking and feeling. I opened my new book and the first subject I happened upon was the piece above on ‘beauty’. I’ve have been contemplating the word ever since as I have witnessed, and remembered the beauty of nature as life has been delighting in its own being once again.”    — Danny Crosby, “Beauty awakens the soul to act,” I Dream of the Ocean, May 16, 2015.

“Beauty awakens the soul to act” is a translation of Dante’s “L’animo … dal piacere in atto è desto” (Purg. 18.19-21). See other references to the verse by clicking the link below.