Delight - St. Nicolas of Cusa

Nicolas claimed that eternal wisdom, eternal pleasure and eternal desire are 'tasted' whenever we savor the beauty in earthly things, or desire earthly things. He goes on to say that a man who sees a beautiful woman, and 'is agitated by the sight of her' , gives glory to God and admires God's infinite Beauty.

Augustine had a similar thought that clarifies this: he says delight is 'the weight in the soul' that causes it to tend toward or away from the love of God - according to how it ORDERS THE HEART in regard to the beauty of God's creation. (emphasis mine)

So in other words, a man agitated by the sight of a beautiful woman could in fact just be lusting for her, but even in that experience there is a kernel of response to God's infinite beauty, if the man would just pay attention to it. And that seems to hold true for all of our pleasures, desires, and wisdom. More on this later.