Chris Doss wrote:
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> Well, in ancient literature at any rate, nature is viewed as dangerous, and beautiful precisely because of its being dangerous. Danger = ugly is a Christian trope.
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??? Cite some passages from ancient literature. I'll go out on a limb: all Homer's positive similes involve human scenes -- not one from untouched 'nature.' It's been a long time since I read Virgil, but my guess is it's the same in his epic. Nor do I remember any positive scenes of 'untouched nature' (dangerous or not) from either Ovid or Propertius.
And please identify where in specifically Christian literature danger=ugly appears??
Carrol