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In paganism, on the contrary, good cannot be separated from beauty, and this is normal, because the good is form, the consummate forms of worldly thi… - Alain de Benoist
" "In paganism, on the contrary, good cannot be separated from beauty, and this is normal, because the good is form, the consummate forms of worldly things. Consequently, art cannot be separated from religion. Art is sacred. Not only can the gods be represented, but art is how they can be represented, and insofar as men perpetually assure them of representation, they have a full status of existence. All European spirituality is based on representation as mediation between the visible and the invisible, on representation by means of depicted figures and signs exchanged against a meaning intimately tied to the real, the very guarantee of this incessant and mutual conversion of the sign and meaning. Beauty is the visible sign of what is good, ugliness the visible sign of not only what is deformed or spoiled but bad.
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About Alain de Benoist
Alain de Benoist (born 11 December 1943), also known as Fabrice Laroche, Robert de Herte, David Barney, and multiple dozen other pen names, is a French political philosopher and journalist, a founding member of the Nouvelle Droite (France's New Right), and the leader of the ethno-nationalist think tank GRECE.
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Fabrice Laroche
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Cédric de Gentissard
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Robert de Herte
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Martial Laurent
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Tanguy Gallien
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Frédéric Laurent
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Pierre Dolabella
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Maxime Meyer
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Jean-Pierre Dujardin
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Frédéric Toulouze
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Jean-Louis Cartry
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Julien Valserre
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Pierre Jacob
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Pierre Carlet
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David Barney
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Jean-Pierre Hébert
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Maiastra
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G. Foumier
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Gilles Foumier
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Mortimer Davidson
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Mortimer G. Davidson
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Fabrice Valclérieux
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Éric Saint-Léger
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Éric Lecendreux
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Éric Dumesnil
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Bastien O'Danieli
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Walter Aubrig
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Alain Marie de Benoist
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