The Evolution of LoveEaton & Mains, 1907 - 355 pages |
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... beneficence , the metaphysical sense , means no more than a practical quality or result . We may say , " Devotion to the perfect achieves the highest good , " but this does not define per- fect action . It only states one of its results ...
... beneficence , the metaphysical sense , means no more than a practical quality or result . We may say , " Devotion to the perfect achieves the highest good , " but this does not define per- fect action . It only states one of its results ...
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... beneficence to others ; and this love is identical , in its egoistic independence , with perfect self - love , the self - sus- tained egoism which is adequate to endless altruism . This is perfect altruistic freedom , as implied in ...
... beneficence to others ; and this love is identical , in its egoistic independence , with perfect self - love , the self - sus- tained egoism which is adequate to endless altruism . This is perfect altruistic freedom , as implied in ...
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... beneficence to others ; and this love is identical , in its egoistic independence , with perfect self - love , the self - sus- tained egoism which is adequate to endless altruism . This is perfect altruistic freedom , as implied in ...
... beneficence to others ; and this love is identical , in its egoistic independence , with perfect self - love , the self - sus- tained egoism which is adequate to endless altruism . This is perfect altruistic freedom , as implied in ...
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... beneficence ; hence , is free to condition the rise of an objective universe . 6. Self - love and love are objectively the same . 7. Love realizes all those characteristics and qualities which must be thought involved in independent ...
... beneficence ; hence , is free to condition the rise of an objective universe . 6. Self - love and love are objectively the same . 7. Love realizes all those characteristics and qualities which must be thought involved in independent ...
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... beneficence , is but a practical quality in love which is the perfect mode of being ; and benevolence , the bestowal of good , is its incidental out- come . It cannot be thought that any addition to his own tion . The independent cannot ...
... beneficence , is but a practical quality in love which is the perfect mode of being ; and benevolence , the bestowal of good , is its incidental out- come . It cannot be thought that any addition to his own tion . The independent cannot ...
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abide absolute abuse achieve actual actualized ideal adjustment affirm agony arise atoning fact attained beneficence benevolence character companionship conception created creation Creator dependent persons determination devo devotion to perfection disharmony ditions divine love error eternal evil evolution of love existence fect finite persons force God's harmony Hence highest conditioned holy human ideal universe implied fact incitement independent individual infi infinite ideal innocent intention interaction John Stuart Mill love's devotion love's evolution ment mination mode moral authority moral universe motives ness objective action objective ideal perceived facts perception perfect action perfect altruism perfect egoism perfect finite perfect self-determination perfect universe perfectly persistence personal universe perverted philosophy possible practical problem of evil progressive pure self-love question race conditions realize perfect recognize relation relative consciousness result retribution revelation self-conscious self-deter selfishness sinners supernatural supreme devotion susceptibility term things thought tion truth uncon unconditioned wholly
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Page 250 - Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right to come to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.
Page 189 - I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Page 265 - I bow my knees unto the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named...
Page 238 - All authority hath been given unto Me in heaven and on earth. Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
Page 20 - ... drawing towards and contemplating the vast sea of beauty, he will create many fair and noble thoughts and notions in boundless love of wisdom; until on that shore he grows and waxes strong, and at last the vision is revealed to him of a single science, which is the science of beauty everywhere.
Page 262 - ... cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful. And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes ; but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes.
Page 265 - FOR this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, That ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man: That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, And to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge,...
Page 229 - It was reserved for Christianity to present to the world an ideal character, which through all the changes of eighteen centuries, has inspired the hearts of men with an impassioned love, and has shown itself capable of acting on all ages, nations, temperaments, and conditions ; has not only been the highest pattern of virtue, but the highest incentive to its practice...
Page 229 - ... the simple record of three short years of active life has done more to regenerate and to soften mankind than all the disquisitions of philosophers and all the exhortations of moralists.
Page 185 - Its piteous pageants bring not back, Nor waken flesh upon the rack Of pain anew to writhe; Stretched in disease's shapes abhorred, Or mown in battle by the sword, Like grass beneath the scythe.