Classic Quotes by Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) French poet and critic
Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art.
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For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.
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I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder of disgust.
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I have cultivated my hysteria with delight and terror. Now I suffer continually from vertigo, and today, 23rd of January, 1862, I have received a singular warning, I have felt the wind of the wing of madness pass over me.
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Scarabus
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Re quote #1, Baudelaire's collection of poems is titled "Les Fleurs du mal," commonly translated "The Flowers of Evil," right? So....
Evil produces the flowers that are Baudelaire's art. Art produces good. So is good produced by evil?
[Wait! Before you get excited, I know perfectly well that my logic holds less water than a colander. I'm just having fun.]
- 10 months ago
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Scarabus
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Scarabus
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We just finished discussing Plato's Symposium in one of my courses. The theme of the after-dinner colloquy is the praise of love.
Here's Socrates "Socratically questioning" the host, Agathon:
"You made a very good speech, Agathon, replied Socrates; but there is yet one small question which I would fain ask:--Is not the good also the beautiful?"
"Yes."
"Then in wanting the beautiful, love wants also the good?" - 10 months ago
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pjacobs51
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"There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance."
~ Socrates
- 10 months ago
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pjacobs51
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pakazak
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pjacobs51:
amen!
- 10 months ago
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pakazak
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pakazak
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fear not, it's the same feeling we get when we realize all that is happening in the world around us is absolutely beyond our control.
enjoy the ride. - 10 months ago
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pakazak
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jh64487
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last quote, like it. feel it.
worrisome
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jh64487
