Dear Organlearners,
I want to thank Ray Evans Harrell <mcore@IDT.NET> for his enchanting
reply. It is itself a great work of art. Art grips the soul, fills the
mind and sharpen the senses. Money can buy works of art, but can never buy
art itself. Art is a gift to enrich our lifes beyond the reaches of money.
As you have said:
> Economic value does not define human life, spirituality, culture or human
> growth.
Moreover, you have written:
> Why should we give more value to someone who majors in the manipulation of
> currency or commodities distribution, than to a Beethoven, a Mozart or a
> great scientist or theologian. In America these people often are sent to
> waste their time teaching the young that do not have the maturity to hear
> and end up not writing the great works or making the great discoveries.
It is incredible how many people cross my path - wrecked by following
values which eventually proved to be chimera - figments of the imgination
of people deluded themselves. When Augustinus triumphed with the heavenly
city over the other, Dante with content over form, Beethoven with
creativity over reason and Einstein with mind over matter, no one of them
gave money any thought. Nor were they in competition with others. They
were only living up to their potential as human creators. It is this truth
which helps these wrecked people to regain control over their lifes.
> If you define the parameters closely enough you can justify almost
> anything.
and lose everything in the process.
Best wishes
--At de Lange Gold Fields Computer Centre for Education University of Pretoria Pretoria, South Africa email: amdelange@gold.up.ac.za
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