[El pasado dia 8, Barbara Nicolosi publicó un comentario en su weblog acerca de un tema semejante al presentado aquí por Miguel Castellví, y -no deja de ser interesante la coincidencia- con explícita alusión a Greene. Su lectura puede ser enriquecedora en este asunto a veces esquivo. Con el permiso explícito de Barbara para publicar aquí sus escritos, lo incluyo a continuación. Quiza conviene saber que se dirige a escritores. Quien esté interesado en seguir la trama -previa y posterior- de la conexión de este argumento con el de Joan of Arcadia, puede ir a la dirección de Barbara Nicolosi y comenzar desde este post, titulado "ex opere authorato?".]

Someone posted a great question in the comments of the Joan of Arcadia post below, that I wanted to bring out for broader consideration.
The poster (anonymous, otherwise I'd credit you), noted first that Graham Greene lived a degenerate life, and according to the poster, an unrepentant one. My reading of the post is that the charge is Greene was a Clintonian style misogynist. So the poster asks:
What I am wondering is more generally, when thinking about the subject of literature and faith--and teaching it for that matter--is the author's life relevant? Flannery O'Connor wrote quoting St. Thomas, that "art does not require rectitude of the appetite." Can the life of an artist be so depraved as to diminish or even negate the value of his or her art?
A few thoughts...
I am going to go ahead and say, "No, but..."
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