panta dokimazete
Puritan Board Post-Graduate
I have seen a couple of threads that have referenced self love in fairly negative terms. This got me thinking in terms of a logical syllogism (as I am wont to do) based around the great commandment: edited to add - I see and confess that I am not actually thinking in a formal logical syllogism, but something else entirely - read on for enlightenment
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p1 YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND
p2 [you shall also love] YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF
c1 If you strive to love God completely and correctly, you will love yourself in a godly manner, thus allowing you to love your neighbor in the same way.
c2 God's love is abundantly self-sacrificial and long-suffering, so also should our self love and love for our neighbors
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So - does the logic hold water?
How about the conclusions?
What other conclusions, if any, can logically follow?
Luke 10:27
And he answered, " YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND; AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF."
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p1 YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND
p2 [you shall also love] YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF
c1 If you strive to love God completely and correctly, you will love yourself in a godly manner, thus allowing you to love your neighbor in the same way.
c2 God's love is abundantly self-sacrificial and long-suffering, so also should our self love and love for our neighbors
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So - does the logic hold water?
How about the conclusions?
What other conclusions, if any, can logically follow?
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