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...more popular because it contains a prophecy. To be decadent is to be not just corrupt, but terminally corrupt. "Decadence" speaks with the iron will of history and the punishment of the Lord. It is an accusation. "Woe to those who are at ease in Zion," wrote the prophet Amos, "and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria. Woe to those who lie upon beds of ivory, who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the finest oils...
...natural choice. At 50, Wiesel has the bearing and diction of an Old Testament prophet. His books and many articles are scrolls of agony, depicting as pects of the Jewish tragedy of the '30s and '40s that, in his view, "blighted and still blights civilization...
...both America and Western Europe, and the white-maned, craggy-faced, cigar-puffing septuagenarian found himself a culture hero of the youth rebellion. A protesting student in Rome spoke for innumerable other rebels when he placed Marcuse in a holy trinity of revolutionaries: "We see Marx as the prophet, Marcuse as his interpreter and Mao as the sword...
...interesting to consider the words of the biblical Prophet Obadiah: "Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and set thy nest among the stars, from thence will I pull thee down, sayeth the Lord...
Back in Qum, Khomeini remained something of a theological maverick. At the Madresseh Faizieh, he lectured on the need for Islamic mullahs to involve themselves in politics, as the prophet had done. Khomeini also taught a course in ethics that was, in reality, a discussion of political science from an Islamic viewpoint. Despite his unorthodox ways, or perhaps because of them, he became increasingly popular with students...