the 'blindness' of Love and Justice are very modern memes the blindness of Love was actually a medieval CRITIQUE of erotic love
It's 15th c., not v e r y modern: and physical blindness opening deeper insight is an archaic trope indeed
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i am prepared to wager that, given access to the warburg library, i could demonstrate the perverseness of this modern figure
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@QuasLacrimas reminder that even jesus RESTORED SIGHT to the blind i think even heyschasts want 'insight' with their PHYSICAL eyes -
john 9:39-41, check it
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this is a good reference
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i am not a theologian but would conclude that blindness was a quality possessed thereafter by the UNconverted
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