Elements of beauty: Integritas (perfectio), Proportio (consonantia), Claritas

Species autem, sive pulchritudo, habet similitudinem cum propriis filii.

Nam ad pulchritudinem tria requiruntur.
Primo quidem, integritas sive perfectio, quae enim diminuta sunt, hoc ipso turpia sunt.
Et debita proportio sive consonantia.
Et iterum claritas, unde quae habent colorem nitidum, pulchra esse dicuntur.
Quantum igitur ad primum, similitudinem habet cum proprio filii, inquantum est filius habens
in se vere et perfecte naturam patris. Unde, ad hoc innuendum, Augustinus in sua expositione
dicit, ubi, scilicet in filio, summa et prima vita est, etc..
Quantum vero ad secundum, convenit cum proprio filii, inquantum est imago expressa patris.
Unde videmus quod aliqua imago dicitur esse pulchra, si perfecte repraesentat rem, quamvis
turpem. Et hoc tetigit Augustinus cum dicit, ubi est tanta convenientia, et prima aequalitas,
etc..
Quantum vero ad tertium, convenit cum proprio filii, inquantum est verbum, quod quidem lux
est, et splendor intellectus, ut amascenus dicit. Et hoc tangit Augustinus cum dicit, tanquam
verbum perfectum cui non desit aliquid, et ars quaedam omnipotentis dei, etc..
S.T. I, q.3,a.!
Species or beaut! has a li"eness to the propert! of the Son.
#or beaut! includes three conditions, $integrit!$ or $perfection,$ since those things %hich are
impaired are b! the ver! fact ugl!& due $proportion$ or $harmon!$& and lastl!, $brightness$ or
$clarit!,$ %hence things are called beautiful %hich have a bright color.
'he first of these has a li"eness to the propert! of the Son, inasmuch as (e as Son has in
(imself trul! and perfectl! the nature of the #ather. 'o insinuate this, Augustine sa!s in his
explanation )e 'rin. vi, *+,- $.here///that is, in the Son///there is supreme and primal life,$
etc.
'he second agrees %ith the Son0s propert!, inasmuch as (e is the express 1mage of the #ather.
(ence %e see that an image is said to be beautiful, if it perfectl! represents even an ugl!
thing. 'his is indicated b! Augustine %hen he sa!s )e 'rin. vi, *+,, $.here there exists
%ondrous proportion and primal equalit!,$ etc.
'he third agrees %ith the propert! of the Son, as the .ord, %hich is the light and splendor of
the intellect, as amascene sa!s )e #ide 2rth. iii, 3,. Augustine alludes to the same %hen he
sa!s )e 'rin. vi, *+,- $As the perfect .ord, not %anting in an!thing, and, so to spea", the art
of the omnipotent 4od,$ etc.
S.T. I, q.3,a.!