On Contemporary Literature
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The belief and the unbelief of Gentile and Jew concern him not at all save as they offer to the aesthetic sense some new note of intensity, some unexploited SKEPTICISM OF ANATOLE FRANCE 175 mingling of strangeness with beauty. It is difficult to say whether he enters with more penetrating and illumi- nating curiosity into the life of the Alexandrian beauty and her favorites set in the dazzling luxury of the wicked city, or into the gaunt soul and body of the stylite Paphnutius ringed by the tom...bs and the desert. The picturesque qualities of both engage him, but from both he preserves a complete spiritual detachment. In the end, however, the mask slips a little from the observant angel, and reveals the smile of the lurking cynic. It is made perfectly clear that Thai's turned toward heaven merely from satiety of the flesh, and that Paphnutius turned toward hell merely from satiety of the spirit a con- clusion sufficiently devoid of edification. There is not one breath of genuine holiness in the book.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The belief and the unbelief of Gentile and Jew concern him not at all save as they offer to the aesthetic sense some new note of intensity, some unexploited SKEPTICISM OF ANATOLE FRANCE 175 mingling of strangeness with beauty. It is difficult to say whether he enters with more penetrating and illumi- nating curiosity into the life of the Alexandrian beauty and her favorites set in the dazzling luxury of the wicked city, or into the gaunt soul and body of the stylite Paphnutius ringed by the tom...bs and the desert. The picturesque qualities of both engage him, but from both he preserves a complete spiritual detachment. In the end, however, the mask slips a little from the observant angel, and reveals the smile of the lurking cynic. It is made perfectly clear that Thai's turned toward heaven merely from satiety of the flesh, and that Paphnutius turned toward hell merely from satiety of the spirit a con- clusion sufficiently devoid of edification. There is not one breath of genuine holiness in the book.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Stuart Pratt Sherman to read onlineMoreLess
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