Consider Tartuffe, Moliere’s play about a scoundrel who pretends to be a pious man in order to convince a wealthy dupe to hand over all his wealth. The play is funny, which you knew became Moliere wrote it. It raises some interesting questions about what it means to be dishonest. If I act better than I am, does that mean I am dishonest? Suppose I am a terrible person, but in public, I act like a good person. Is that bad? Hard to say Yes to that. We read this in one of my reading groups. … [Read more...] about Tartuffe, Kanye, and Saul of Tarsus
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