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《包法利夫人》[59句]
- 3.Now religions have a much saner attitude to art. They have no trouble telling us what art is about. Art is about two things in all the major faiths. Firstly, it's trying to remind you of what there is to love. And secondly, it's trying to remind you of what there is to fear and to hate. 0 0 0
- So religions are cultures of repetition. They circle the great truths again and again and again. 0 0 0
- In the early 19th century, church attendance in Western Europe started sliding down very, very sharply, and people panicked. They asked themselves the following question. They said, where are people going to find the morality, where are they going to find guidance, and where are they going to find sources of consolation? An 0 0 0
- And that's what religions do. They are multinational, as I say, they are branded, they have a clear identity, so they don't get lost in a busy world. 0 0 0