Tag: goodness truth and beauty
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Loveliness
An early-morning drive in the spring sunshine. Noticing the first emerging blooms of Bradford pear and flowering quince. Mist still hovering in the woods, about to scatter. A wide drive, a welcome sign, the murmur of voices in a room down the corridor. Freshly-painted walls in the sanctuary. Fresh flowers on the table, bright in…
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On Dolly Parton and the Beauty of Virtue
Dolly Parton is not simply a good person, or a beautiful poetess; she is both beautiful and good, in a way the philosophy of character strives to explain but can’t always illustrate convincingly. … it may be that Dolly can do more to explain the philosophers than the other way around. Let us make a…
Matters of Interpretation 