--- description: "I regard class differences as contrary to justice" title: Einstein on the Ideas of Truth, Goodness and Beauty image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt795a0a48c1f536e6/698786e535ba6f4565c07e8b/albert-einstein.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Psychology](/tag/psychology/) ## Psychology Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Einstein on the Ideas of Truth, Goodness and Beauty by [Shane Parrish](/author/shane-parrish/) ## Shane Parrish Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 13, 2015 11:00 AM CUT  Albert Einstein Albert EinsteinPopperfoto—Getty Images by [Shane Parrish](/author/shane-parrish/) ## Shane Parrish Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 13, 2015 11:00 AM CUT A reminder from [_The World As I See It_](http://a-fwd.com/es=farstrblo068-21&it=farstrblo0a-21&fr=farstrblo08-21&de=farstrblo07-21&uk=farstrblo-21&ca=farst-20&com=farnamstreet-20&asin-es=0806527900&asin-it=0806527900&asin-fr=0806527900&asin-de=0806527900&asin-uk=0806527900&asin-ca=0806527900&asin-com=0806527900 "undefined"): --- > “” --- I feel very much that Einstein would have described beauty [similar to Richard Feynman](http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2011/10/richard-feynman-on-beauty/ "undefined"). **_This_** [**_piece_**](http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2014/12/einstein-truth-goodness-beauty/ "undefined") **_originally appeared on_** [**_Farnam Street_**](http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/ "undefined")**_._** **Join over 50,000 readers and get a free weekly update via email** [**here**](http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/newsletter/ "undefined")**.** ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3772655/einstein-on-the-ideas-of-truth-goodness-and-beauty/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3772655/einstein-on-the-ideas-of-truth-goodness-and-beauty/"},"headline":"Einstein on the Ideas of Truth, Goodness and Beauty","datePublished":"2015-04-13T11:00:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:19:38.092Z","description":"\"I regard class differences as contrary to justice\"","url":"https://time.com/3772655/einstein-on-the-ideas-of-truth-goodness-and-beauty/","keywords":["Psychology","beauty","Einstein"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt795a0a48c1f536e6/698786e535ba6f4565c07e8b/albert-einstein.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Shane Parrish","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/shane-parrish/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt795a0a48c1f536e6/698786e535ba6f4565c07e8b/albert-einstein.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Albert Einstein","caption":"Albert Einstein","creditText":"Popperfoto—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/psychology/","name":"Psychology"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3772655/einstein-on-the-ideas-of-truth-goodness-and-beauty/","name":"Einstein on the Ideas of Truth, Goodness and Beauty"}}]}] ```