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You'd like an example of someone believing an obviously bad idea? To Twitter! https://twitter.com/page88/status/1100441460934131717 https://twitter.com/page88/

by twic 8y ago

You'd like an example of someone believing an obviously bad idea? To Twitter! https://twitter.com/page88/status/1100441460934131717 https://twitter.com/page88/status/1100441460934131717 In which we find a link to an entire book oin the idea: https://press.princeton.edu/titles/6675.html https://press.princeton.edu/titles/6675.html

selune 8y ago
It is not necessarily a bad idea, it's just one of the ideas. IIRC Ruskin, a leading art critic in 19th century, argued that art (aka paintings) should be moral and Christian and I'm pretty sure at least a few really clever medieval and ancient guys shared the same notion (albeit their ideas of morality were probably different). But it's not a universally accepted truth. Just one of possible interpretations I guess.