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a philosophical commune edited the gospel to suit their theology because exclusivity was another attraction. they held ancient gods responsible for cycling of things do not create something from nothing.

these form a list of abominations
and counterfeit virtues:

we have no idea what we see,
needing scriptures for credibility.

matter was irreformable. fatalistic.


who teaches men to be fathers?
washing would incur even greater guilt.

who is the intermediary who shows us how to live?



does philosophy really dissolve those fetters?

rebind and rediscover.
sacraments are heart turns-


envy has a social aspect
the human city cannot save itself
even in its exilic condition
religion steps in to ease away this resentment,
of communities that fail because of disordered passions.
the wrong kinds of individuals

pregnancy is divine
they aren't sure it's physically their child
love is praiseworthy because of the benefits it yields
children are one result of love, but virtue is better



why is love depicted as desolate?
between understanding and ignorance
between mortal and immortal,
we cannot manipulate it

this good produces happiness
possessing that good forever
yearning for immortality is built in

understand our lives in a form other than narrative
if we became bored, maybe it isn't good
aren't things good because they are fleeting?
the good thing hasn't changed. you have.



this is how we "know" what something is
too simple, cannot be classified by parts or characteristics
therefore cannot be known.

an intermediate step toward no account of concrete love,
distance doesn't commit to anyone


a desire to distort the truth
friends can be dangerous
no passions distorted his judgment
and the person knows it isn't good

account for the inclination to turn away:
objects of love become bitter apart from God
then the soul becomes aware
exposes to us the existing misery
the theater showcases our perversity
what does the rest look like?

to be loved without these pitfalls
he needs to turn away from the mutable world

no lack of freedom
can put order into their love
we need salvation from this creature weakness
we need to reconcile our loves.


he falls off the ascent
makes promises he cannot keep

he orders all other sciences
to see what happiness is

animals can't
come crashing down

downward until God draws us back in
"I loved my fall"

no principle to evaluate
friendship is gratuitous
when speaking of all relationships as friendships
doesn't love himself befriend others?

you can make anyone blame this seeming discontent with modern acquaintances.
the matrix of friendship won't dismiss the idiosyncratic things that would separate us.
people are too weak and inconstant to nourish it into true virtue.
only invitation to grieve. care for the old.

no account needed to be confronted and modified
more questions can be incomplete

transforming providential rule created this knowledge in us
freedom is not necessarily the ability to choose