From: Scott R (jse885@spinn.net)
Date: Tue Jun 24 2003 - 17:27:03 BST
Platt, Steve, et al,
[Steve:]> > I think you have agape and amor reversed. I see compassion as a
higher
> > form of love than romantic love. Romantic love (amor) has an "I'll love
> > you if you'll love me" quality to it. It is indeed a "personal love"
which
> > makes it a lower form of love than compassion (agape) which is a
> > disinterested love that transcends self-ishness.
>
[Platt:]> Transcends selfishness? I think not. As a generalization, liberal
types
> want to be admired for their "compassion." At least they talk incessantly
> about how wonderful it would be if everyone was as caring and
> compassionate as they--with other people's money, of course. :-)
There is compassion, as used in ordinary speech, which does not typically
transcend selfishness, and there is compassion in theological speech which
does (translating agape), and I assume Steve is referring to the latter.
This would put it beyond both the social and intellectual levels, however.
- Scott
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