Folly
Folly is the paradoxical path to divine Wisdom that St Paul recommends
to Christians.
In her book, 'The Fool', Enid Welsford provides a history of folly,
and summarises, that there are 4 kinds of fool.
Welsford's Four Fools
- The first fool is the one who gets slapped. (using St Chrysostom's definition)
- The second fool is the one who gets slapped, but is none the worse
for it.
- The third fool is the one who adroitly changes place with the slapper.
- The fourth fool is the one who is 'the great untrusser of slaveries'.
The concept of the first three fools is developed by Os
Guinness in the conclusion of his book 'The Gravedigger file'.
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