Facing the Fate of the Trojan Horse: ‘The Procession of the Trojan Horse in Troy’

Facing the Fate of the Trojan Horse: ‘The Procession of the Trojan Horse in Troy’
“The Procession of the Trojan Horse in Troy,” circa 1760, by Giovanni Tiepolo. Oil on canvas, 15.3 inches by 26.3 inches. National Gallery in London. Public Domain
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Sometimes, things appear too good to be true. The dangerous and harmful can be masked by promises of beauty and pleasure. 
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about promises of worldly utopia and how these promises have historically led to bloodshed. Ideologies such as these often give their adherents a sense of superiority grounded in a moral absolutism that refuses any opposing viewpoints, and in so doing, enemies are created out of those who would otherwise be friends. 
Eric Bess
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Eric Bess, Ph.D., is a fine artist, a writer on art-related topics, and an assistant professor at Fei Tian College in Middletown, New York.
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