(this works for whole nations and societies as well as individuals and families. Imperialist England created incredible timeless art that literally would not have been created without the spoils of brutal murder and exploitation and the leisure time that afforded rich Britons.)
(not to be Too Deep but the royal wedding exemplifies the paradox of wealth: wealth opens so much human flourishing and beauty and loveliness, so we envy and admire the wealthy, but their wealth is precisely what denies that same opportunity to flourish to everyone else.)
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(part of Christian ethics-aesthetics, then, challenges us to see suffering itself as beautiful without dampening the desire to alleviate that suffering. Christ on the cross is as beautiful---more beautiful, even---as Christ on the throne.)
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(but some churches are in love with Christ the King, and see the man on the cross largely as a means to the end of their personal salvation. We see Christ on the cross with gratitude and pity, but when will we learn to see Him with awe and reverence and majesty?)
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