Beyond the Spectacle with Aristotle: Confronting the True Nature of Evil Within

The real-life drama is not in renouncing evil but in renouncing good.

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Richard Rohr says that the easiest way to distract people from the real battle is to show them a spectacle. In a spectacle, the field is divided into “us and them.” The evil is always out there, clearly demarcated.

“The spectacle, though an attraction, is the least artistic of all the parts, and has the least to do with the art of poetry.”…