I do not like "philosophy": but I love C. S. Lewis.
I do not like "fiction": but I love Dashiell Hammett.
I do not like "poetry": but I love T. S. Eliot.
I do not like "classic film": but I love Film Noir.
I've said this several times before, but it is never wrong to say it again. What makes a writer or a book, an artist or a work of art, worthwhile is not merely it's value as entertainment of transitory usefulness. What makes it worthwhile is its underlying Weltanschauung. More than that; what lies behind every work is the mind of a man. If I cannot tolerate a man's book, it is very likely I cannot tolerate the man either. I don't care about acquiring a general view of human nature. I care immensely about acquiring an intensive understanding of a few core truths. Diamonds aren't made by being out in the open air: they are made by being smothered.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment