[lit-ideas] Re: virtue-practical example of being taught
- From: Robert Paul <robert.paul@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2006 19:58:49 -0800
Ursula Stange wrote:
Where did I get my morality? From my father. From books. From moral
exemplars around me. From books. From friends. From books. From
books. I have been well taught.
I think that Ursula gets it just right. Even if one reads novels and
histories which raise great moral issues, one has to feel the grip of
them oneself: to have one's literature professor treat the moral depth
of a work as if it were one more trope to be noted in the margin seems
like one more downward path to wisdom.
Robert Paul
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