Friday, July 04, 2014

A thought for the day …

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.
— Nathaniel Hawthorne, born on this date in 1804

4 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:33 AM

    Ah, Hawthorne comes dangerously close to suggestion religion and art are inventions. But, Hawthorne being Hawthorne, one can forgive his brush with heresy.

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  2. Anonymous11:33 AM

    Change "suggestion" to "suggesting." I need a copy-editor!

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  3. Maybe he is only suggesting that both are based on revelation.

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  4. Anonymous2:00 PM

    True. But I have trouble seeing Hawthorne, the "anti-Puritan," embracing revelation. Perhaps I am like Hawthorne: too cynical. As always, though, your perspective helps me be a bit less cynical.

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