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Wonderful introduction to a Catholic view of Mary. Reformed Protestants especially will find something to admire in Dr. Hahn's exegesis and understanding of typology.
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“There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.”
― The True Believer
― The True Believer
“In the absence of any objectifiable criteria of right or wrong, good or evil, the self and its feelings become our only moral guide. [...] There each individual is entitled to his or her own "bit of space" and is utterly free within its boundaries. [...]. But while everyone may be entitled to his or her won private space, only those who have enough money can, in fact, afford to purchase the private property required to do their own thing. As a consequence, economic inequalities neccessarily delimit our individual "rights" to self-fulfillment - or unjustly violate those rights.”
― Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life
― Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life
“Knowledge forbidden?
Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord
Envy them that? Can it be a sin to know?
Can it be death?”
― Paradise Lost
Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord
Envy them that? Can it be a sin to know?
Can it be death?”
― Paradise Lost
“Brotherhood has nothing to do with feelings; it has to do with how you define your relationship to others. It has to do with the rather profound decision to put the welfare of the group above your personal welfare. In such a system, feelings are meaningless. In such a system, who you are entirely depends on your willingness to surrender who you are.”
― War
― War
“Finding oneself means, among other things, finding the story or narrative in terms of which one's life make sense. [...] In most societies in world history, the meaning of one's life has derived to a large degree from one's relationship to the lives of one's parents and one's children. [...] Clearly, the meaning of one's life for most Americans is to become one's own person, almost to give birth to oneself. Much of this process, as we have seen, is negative. It involves breaking free from family, community, and inherited ideas. Our culture does not give us much guidance as to how to fill the contours of this autonomous, self-responsible self, but it does point to two important areas. One of these is work, the realm, par excellence, of utilitarian individualism. [...] The other area is the lifestyle enclave, the realm, par excellence, of expressive individualism.”
― Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life
― Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life
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