The answer
St. Basil the Great says, “The first word of God created the nature of light (Gen. 1:3); it made darkness vanish … and gave to all beings at the same time a sweet and gracious aspect … So, with a single word and in one instant, the Creator of all things gave the boon of light to the world … when God proclaimed the goodness of light, it was not in regard to the charm of the eye but as a provision for future advantage, because at that time there were as yet no eyes to judge of its beauty.”438
Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty
Notes
438 St. Basil of Caesarea, Hexamaeron 2.7 (NPNF II/8: 63–64).