Sunday, January 30, 2011

Sunday school lesson for today

the Anchoress' site carries this quote. Guess who wrote it.

The root of man's joy is the harmony he enjoys with himself. He lives in this affirmation. And only one who can accept himself can also accept the you, can accept the world. The reason why an individual cannot accept the you, cannot come to terms with him, is that he does not like his own I and, for that reason, cannot accept a you. ...If an individual is to accept himself, someone must say to him: "It is good that you exist"—must say it, not with words, but with that act of the entire being that we call love.


No, not Oprah....I'll give you a hint: He wrote THIS, a scholarly tract which links Agape and Eros.

My take: "Socialism" and the left is agape (do gooderism) without eros (emotional warmth); hedonism/free love that is the theme of much of western culture is eros without agape. Marriage is the melding of both....

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