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Goodness, Truth and Beauty Explained | Mark Fowler
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May 6, 2026
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7:28Now PlayingWhat is beauty — and why does it matter?
Thomas Aquinas called truth, goodness, and beauty the transcendentals, inseparable properties of being itself. In this clip, Mark Fowler traces that idea from ancient philosophy to the Gospels, asking what we lose when we reduce the world to pure materialism, and what it means that Jesus himself used the Greek word for beauty to describe an act of devotion days before his death.
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Mark Fowler is an Adjunct Associate Professor at his alma mater, the University of New England School of Law, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame School of Law, Sydney. He is an Appeals Panel member for the Australian Council for International Development, the peak body for Australian non-government organisations (NGOs) involved in international development and humanitarian action. He is the author of Beauty and The Law.
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