'Plato has told us that the beautiful things are difficult, but that we must not avoid the beautiful dangers. The human species would be placed in peril, and soon in despair, if it shed the beautiful dangers of intelligence and reason,' Jacques Maritain.
     I always liked Jacques. Oh, by the bye, Plato tells us that beautiful things are difficult in The Republic 435c, just in case anyone, you know, cares to check.