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cho7712What meaning is conveyed by saying,a vain counsel of perfection ??

None. But when I look at the story on line, I see what the writer meant. That is very old-fashioned writing, you know, but the writer steps an inch over the line even at that. The "perfection" he refers to is what he was talking about in the preceding paragraphs, the perfect silence betw

To say to the choreographer that he should restrict himself to ballet music written specifically as such by a master of the art like Tchaikovsky or Stravinsky is obviously a vain counsel of perfection.

Is that your sentence?

Thank you all for the answer.
I think that the exact context is well provided by enoon.
And the interpretation gives me a good grasp of it.
How did you know that the phrase is excerpted from A.V.Laider? It is amazing.

cho7712How did you know that the phrase is excerpted from A.V.Laider? It is amazing

The phrase is so little used, that there were only a couple of choices. As enoon says, it is very old style writing.
Please give the context when you ask for a paraphrase or explanation. But that is probably a vain counsel of perfection.

Thank you for the answer.
I will try to prevent my future posts from being a vain counsel of perfection.

I didn't know when I first answered that "counsel of perfection" has a meaning in Christian theology, as in Matthew 19:21, " Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me." The writer was making a little joke, a joke completely lost on the average twenty-first century reader.

You just have to add the following verse, for the entire noun phrase; "vain counsel of perfection"

22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.