GRGR (15): Good & Evil (was Enzian...)

Terrance F. Flaherty Lycidas at worldnet.att.net
Tue Dec 14 17:57:40 CST 1999



Paul Mackin wrote:
> 
> But here's something we all might agree on. Might it be said that both
> Heller (RIP) and Pynchon (in GR) clearly wrote about at least ONE kind of
> Evil, namely Existential Evil--the Evil consisting of the fact that we ALL
> are "fucked" from the word go--one author in terms of military
> regulations, the other based on Christian theology--P's equivalent to
> "Catch 22" being "passed over."
> 
>                         P.


Sorry to be such a pain in the ass, but this is one of the
things I don't agree on. I think this is true up to GR, but
I think that although "Existential Evil--the Evil consisting
of the fact that we ALL are "fucked" from the word go--one
author in terms of military  regulations, the other based on
Christian theology--P's equivalent to
 "Catch 22" being "passed over," is present in GR, there is
a way out.



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