"Finally, love, which is the gravitational force of the soul and the origin of all spiritual attraction, tends toward self with ease, but reaches out to the neighbor with effort, and to God with still greater pain."
— St. Bonaventure [born Giovanni di Fidanza] (1217-1274)
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Date
1257
Metaphor
"Finally, love, which is the gravitational force of the soul and the origin of all spiritual attraction, tends toward self with ease, but reaches out to the neighbor with effort, and to God with still greater pain."
Metaphor in Context
4. Finally, love, which is the gravitational force of the soul and the origin of all spiritual attraction, tends toward self with ease, but reaches out to the neighbor with effort, and to God with still greater pain. Hence, while there are FOUR OBJECTS of love, there are but TWO COMMANDMENTS. The first concerns God, the second, the neighbor.
(V.8.4)
(V.8.4)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
St. Bonaventure, The Breviloquium (Paterson, NJ) <Link to http://www.catholic.uz/>
Date of Entry
01/13/2011
