Calvinism - pagina 206

CALVINISM AND ART.

202

which seeks to reveal

Art

ramification.

fourfold

the outer world in this

itself to

also

no side-shoot on a

is

principal branch, but an independent branch that

from the trunk of our

more nearly

however

If

arise a unity of conception it

constantly

only

found

in

the

There

Infinite.

how there can

be asked

it

point where

that

of the

fountain

far

is

embracing these four domains,

appears that at

it

Religion than to our thinking or to

allied to

our ethical being.

even though

itself,

life

grows

is-

springs from the

it

is

unity

this

finite

no unity

in

your

thinking save by a well-ordered philosophical system,

and there

is

no system of philosophy which does not

ascend to the issues of the there

no unity

is

union

of your

order,

and there

but

the

for

the

in

your moral existence save by the

in

inner

existence

of an

of art

is

Thus

fountain

of

the

also

no unity

conceivable, except

art-inspiration of an Eternal Beautiful,

the

power that has

Infinite

moral world.

in this

revelation

with the moral world-

no moral world-order conceivable

is

impression

ordained order

same way

In the

Infinite.

Infinite.

by the

which flows from

Hence no

characteristic

all-embracing art-style can arise except as a consequence of the peculiar impulse from the Infinite that operates

our

in

inmost

of Religion,

privilege

that in

over

she alone effects the

our

self-consciousness,

embracing ciple,

And

being.

is

art-style,

since

this

is

morality and

intellect,

communion with the

call

the

a

for

very art,

the Infinite secular,

all-

independent of any religious prin-

simply absurd.

Understand that the garment,

art

is

no fringe that

and no amusement that

is

is

attached to

added to

life.

Deze tekst is geautomatiseerd gemaakt en kan nog fouten bevatten. Digibron werkt voortdurend aan correctie. Klik voor het origineel door naar de pdf. Voor opmerkingen, vragen, informatie: contact.

Op Digibron -en alle daarin opgenomen content- is het databankrecht van toepassing. Gebruiksvoorwaarden. Data protection law applies to Digibron and the content of this database. Terms of use.

Printen