If God is God He is not good
If God is good He is not God
Take the even take the odd
{If God is good He is not God}
--Archibald Macleish [I repeated the last line to make it sound more quoteable]
it looks to me like you repeated the first line not the last.
Yes! What I meant to say was that the last line was not put there by the poet, but one I put there by repeating an earlier one. Thanks.
I read Archibald MacLeish was an American poet and writer, Librarian of Congress & won three Pulitzer Prize, (1892~1982).
Was he stoned when he said that? It's nonsense compared to the brilliance and relevance of Epicurius.
Epicurus didn’t actually say that. It’s the good old Christian ruse of grafting ideas on to figures of the axial age to attempt to give it authority by antiquity.
It’s from a C3rd text. Can’t remember who but not one of the household names.
@Geoffrey51 I didn't know, but whoever said it made a lot more sense than this post.
@JimG that is true. I just get on my hobby horse when this quote frequently gets attributed to Epicurus. The problem with taking certain internet information at face value.
why would you want to alter something you found quotable enough to quote, in order to make it sound more quotable?
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zing, huh? Actually kind of demonstrating the whole principle without realizing it i guess huh? Paradox solved, lol
And if you change it; it's no longer a quote, and it still doesn't mean anything.