Plato and Aristotle Plato's The Republic argued that, "In the world of knowledge the idea of good appears last of all, and is seen...to be the universal author of all things beautiful and right".B. Jowett trans, The Essential Plato (1999) p. 269 517b, c (Stephanus) Silent contemplation was the route to appreciation of the Idea of the Good. A. Kojeve , Introduction to the Reading of Hegel (1980)  p. 108 Later developments The summum bonum has continued to be a focus of attention in Western philosophy, secular and religious. Hegel replaced Plato's dialectical ascent to the Good by his own dialectical ascent to the Real. Kojeve , p. 181-4
Plato and Aristotle Plato's The Republic argued that, "In the world of knowledge the idea of good appears last of all, and is seen...to be the universal author of all things beautiful and right".B. Jowett trans, The Essential Plato (1999) p. 269517b– c (Stephanus) Silent contemplation was the route to appreciation of the Idea of the Good. Alexandre Kojève , Introduction to the Reading of Hegel (1980) , p. 108 Later developments The summum bonum has continued to be a focus of attention in Western philosophy, secular and religious. Hegel replaced Plato's dialectical ascent to the Good by his own dialectical ascent to the Real. Kojève , p. 181-4
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