Grace again. Misc.

[John Bailey]

If grace is mercy granted by the divine, regardless of whether you
deserve it, then the opposite was right there in Pynchon's debut:
Schlemihl-hood.

On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 7:16 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>>> Sent: ‎7/‎29/‎2017 20:06
>>>> To: pynchon -l
>>>> 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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