Re: Orwell on Gandhi

I think what I was trying to say was that while Orwell sought to tear apart
all of Ghandi, he never even approached him. I saw him as making assertions
rather than an argument.

But that's the problem with an excerpt :)

Jim

Cecilia Baader wrote:

> --- Jim Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu> wrote:
> >
> > If not, then what's the point of his disagreement?
>
> I apologize for returning to this so late, but I've been out of town and
> out of touch. However, the point of the essay seemed to address the folly
> of pacifism, specifically with World War II in mind. In order to defeat
> Gandhi's pacifism, I think Orwell needed to tear apart all of Gandhi, not
> just some of him. It's a rather fascinating essay, if you can manage to
> get your hands on it. I found it in an anthology called _The Art of the
> Essay_ by Lydia Fakudiny.
>
> > All he can say is that most people would rather not be saints. In
> > Ghandi's tradition, the saint was a rare person anyhow. So how
> > does Orwell really speak to Ghandi at all?
>
> I think that's true in any tradition. Orwell's point, I think, was to
> show the flawed logic in such an enterprise, for many would define a saint
> as a lover of their fellow humans. Orwell showed that a saint is not an
> humanist at all.
>
> Much like old Seymour, don't you think?
>
> Regards,
> Cecilia.
>
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