GRGR(3) pre-empting Katje
Paul Mackin
pmackin at clark.net
Mon Jun 7 12:36:51 CDT 1999
On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Richard Romeo wrote:
> rj wrote: >
> > Blicero launches Gottfried as a (magnificent)
> > >gesture of love. The boy is a passive and willing victim. There is
> > >morality in operation here, even if it is unhinged by insanity.
> --------------------
> My point
> is he sacrifices gottfried for a selfish reason--to garner more knowledge
> for himself, expanding views on breaking the cycle. what kind of love is
> that?
Eros--driven by the libido--as opposed to unselfish, brotherly,
neighborly, agape-type love driven by Divine Grace (or a human
imitation of it).
Can the two exist side by side?
P.
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