Grace again. Misc.

[David Morris]

Yes.  The flip side of grace (which must exist) is cursedness, benighted
born.

The Schlemiel is not cursed. He is the Fool, disguised wisdom.

David Morris

On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 6:44 PM John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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