https://pjmedia.com/spengler/2012/05/07/the-problem-of-evil-and-the-indispensable-mozart/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 06:04:46 -0400<![CDATA[Why is high culture important to us? It is not a matter of refinement, although the collateral benefits of learning classical music or languages is indisputable. 36 million Chinese piano students can&#8217;t be wrong, I argued in a post last week entitled &#8220;Philistinism and Failure.&#8221; In today&#8217;s Spengler column at Asia Times Online, entitled &#8220;Beautiful Evil: Mozart&#8217;s Don Giovanni at the Mannes Opera,&#8221; I suggest another reason why certain aspects of our high culture remain indispensable, if difficult to access: they provide a living link to a past that we ignore to our great detriment. Some excerpts from the essay:]]>Mon, 07 May 2012 08:27:09 -0400<![CDATA[David P. Goldman]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-p-goldman/2012/05/07/the-problem-of-evil-and-the-indispensable-mozart-n130825