{"id":8087,"date":"2025-10-28T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/en\/?p=8087"},"modified":"2026-05-07T14:13:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:13:45","slug":"death-and-the-miser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/en\/2025\/10\/28\/death-and-the-miser\/","title":{"rendered":"Death And The Miser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa <a href=\"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/ru\/2025\/10\/28\/smert-skuptsa\/\">\u0420\u0423\u0421\u0421\u041a\u041e\u042f\u0417\u042b\u0427\u041d\u0410\u042f \u0412\u0415\u0420\u0421\u0418\u042f<\/a> | \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa <a href=\"https:\/\/vladdorokhin.com\/ru\/2025\/10\/28\/smert-skuptsa\/\">RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE VERSION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a0d41592307a&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a0d41592307a\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/ev2go68zfpe.exactdn.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/20251028_01_death_and_the_miser_02_5901_3320.jpg?strip=all&quality=85&webp=85&sharp=1&w=1920\" alt=\"An image of the &quot;Death and the Miser&quot; (also known as &quot;Death of the Usurer&quot;) Northern Renaissance painting produced between 1490 and 1516 by the Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch.\" class=\"wp-image-8101\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00abDeath does not fear the splendor of merits: with its all-devouring jaws it swallows all alike. 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class=\"wp-block-heading\">References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>My original note in my Russian-speaking community group in Philadelphia: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/philadelphia_pa\/112336\/118388\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">link<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My original note in the Orthodox Church Of Our Lady Joy Of All In Sorrow (\u041f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0425\u0440\u0430\u043c \u041f\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0432\u044f\u0442\u043e\u0439 \u0411\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0446\u044b \u0412\u0441\u0435\u0445 \u0421\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0431\u044f\u0449\u0438\u0445 \u0420\u0430\u0434\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0435) group in Philadelphia: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/c\/1792907613\/4608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">link<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My original note in the patron group of Mikhail Svetov and \u00abSVTV News\u00bb: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/c\/1265884899\/1110226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">link<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Date of publication of my original note: October 28, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Date of publication of this post on my website: May 6, 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The image of the <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Jheronimus_Bosch_050.jpg\">\u00abDeath and the Miser\u00bb painting by Hieronymus Bosch<\/a> is available under a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_domain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">public domain license<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My note about death while mentioning a quote by Pope Agapetus I and the \u00abDeath and the Minister\u00bb painting by Hieronymus 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