Black: “What would you do if Jesus was to speak to you?”
White: “Do you imagine that he might?”
Black: “No, I don’t. But, but, I’own know.”
White: “I’m not virtuous enough.”
Black: “No, professor, it ain’t nothing like that. You ain’t got to be virtuous. You just got to be quiet.”
Source: From his play, The Sunset Limited
As a side note It's interesting that Berkeley Heideggerian Bert Dreyfus's and his former student and now chair of Harvard Philosopy Sean Kelly's "All Things Shining" is making something of a splash in the zeitgeist. It's Heidegger for "masses", which is about attunement to Being through receptivity and gratitude. Jesus isn't the hero of their story, though–Homer and Melville are.
I'll have more to say about that book when I have more time.
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