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35: Hieronymus Bosch • The Hell Panel (The Garden of Earthly Delights Part II)

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Is Popular Music a Net Good for Society?

Despite most of the people in this artwork being nude, there are a few key moments when Bosch makes a point of presenting us with an ass. There was a belief in the Middle Ages that secular music was a diversion which led to a preoccupation with bodily pleasures and turned us away from the spiritual path. The question we should ask ourselves today is: Is popular music a net good for society? Does it encourage our virtues and our spiritual growth? Or is it leading us further into the depths of our own despair? Do we dare to answer it?

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