Nov
17
Written by:
Bob Flynn
11/17/2009 7:00 AM
"Vice and Virtue to the modern ear convey meanings twisted by our own culture and behavior. The word vice sounds benign, describing fundamentally harmless habits and attitudes, the kinds of things normal people do and feel." C. S. Lewis, Virtue and Vice
Vice and Virtue to the modern ear convey meanings twisted by our own culture and behavior. The word vice sounds benign, describing fundamentally harmless habits and attitudes, the kinds of things normal people do and feel. The word virtue, by contrast, communicates a prudish self-righteousness, the sort of character we're not interested in being around, much less becoming." C. S. Lewis, Virtue and Vice
Why is it that we let our culture redefine these terms? Because we wish to neutralize them so we can show the world around us that we are not so bad! We can compare ourselves to others and say I'm better than that!
However, we can puree the words until they resemble Gerber baby food and not erase the human conditions they describe. We are thus left without a means to describe powerful and genuine estates of good and evil.
Copyright ©2009 Robert Flynn