Grace again. Misc.

[Paul Mackin]

In the way back, Pelagius (St Agustine's antagonist) thought we didn't need
Grace--that our free will was sufficient to overcome sin. So, the opposite
of Grace is Free Will.  Which science now says doesn't exist.

On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 4:03 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> From the wayback (but eternal?) religious uses, the opposite might be
> damnation.
>
> What might it be in Pynchon's transformation of the meaning of the word?
>
> On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 3:28 PM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> You are the native speaker, Mark, but I would say it's bullshit if you
>> don't provide context. What kind of grace? You have disgrace, you have
>> clumsiness, I'm sure you have more opposites of grace.
>>
>> 2017-07-29 21:11 GMT+02:00 Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> I suggest "trump"
>>> ------------------------------
>>> From: Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: ‎7/‎29/‎2017 20:06
>>> To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>> Subject: Grace again. Misc.
>>>
>>> Gracelessness is an absence of grace, but the English language lacks a
>>> word for the opposite of grace.--Cass Sunstein, very recent essay.
>>>
>>
>>
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