Paulcoholic on Nostr: My Goodreads review of "A Canticle for Leibowitz" Quote: "People refer to it as an ...

My Goodreads review of "A Canticle for Leibowitz"

Quote: "People refer to it as an example of “cyclic history;” however I think that misses the point: Human nature remains the same and concupiscence runs throughout every human life and culture. Evil (sin) does not have to innovate of come up with new schemes; old ones work everytime and will be repeated. Awareness of history is not a preventatitve, either: people can be willfully blind and listen to their pride rather than reason. Whether it is the “Flame Deluge” (nuclear war) of the 20th Century and the resulting “Simplification” (wanton destruction and mass killing of anyone intelligent) we learned about in “Fiat Homo” (the first Book of the novel), to the pride and intellectual bindness of Thon Taddeo in “Fiat Lux” (Book 2): Human nature’s tendency towards sin is the lowest common denominator in moving history forward."
https://www.sobercatholic.com/2025/02/27/lenten-reading-suggestion-my-goodreads-review-of-a-canticle-for-leibowitz/