Due to the top priority of the command to love God over the command to love one＇s neighbor, these two commands wil/ fall into a profound paradox ＂to violate generally accepted morality for the sake of Christian fait...Due to the top priority of the command to love God over the command to love one＇s neighbor, these two commands wil/ fall into a profound paradox ＂to violate generally accepted morality for the sake of Christian faith. ＂ The orthodox doctrine of ＂justification by faith＂ expresses this paradox in a most definite way, because it regards unbelief in God as the most unacceptable, hateful, and punishable sin against God. Only by giving up this priority can the two love commands truly move beyond the moral paradox and realize their essential and holy unity in the framework of a new ＂ theology of agape＂ or a new doctrine of ＂justification by agape. ＂展开更多
This paper will discuss Plato＇s view of love in The Symposium, in particular the arguments presented by the Diotima character, but not neglecting all the other views of love presented therein. The paper, as the title...This paper will discuss Plato＇s view of love in The Symposium, in particular the arguments presented by the Diotima character, but not neglecting all the other views of love presented therein. The paper, as the title indicates, will be confined to a comparison and evaluation of Platonic love against love as articulated within Christianity. Both forms of love will be analyzed and I will attempt to show that although Plato, through Socrates （and Socrates through the Diotima character）, tries to redeem the traditional understanding of love in the ancient Greek society that he was living in, Platonic love is still very different from the Christian concept of love.展开更多
文摘Due to the top priority of the command to love God over the command to love one＇s neighbor, these two commands wil/ fall into a profound paradox ＂to violate generally accepted morality for the sake of Christian faith. ＂ The orthodox doctrine of ＂justification by faith＂ expresses this paradox in a most definite way, because it regards unbelief in God as the most unacceptable, hateful, and punishable sin against God. Only by giving up this priority can the two love commands truly move beyond the moral paradox and realize their essential and holy unity in the framework of a new ＂ theology of agape＂ or a new doctrine of ＂justification by agape. ＂
文摘This paper will discuss Plato＇s view of love in The Symposium, in particular the arguments presented by the Diotima character, but not neglecting all the other views of love presented therein. The paper, as the title indicates, will be confined to a comparison and evaluation of Platonic love against love as articulated within Christianity. Both forms of love will be analyzed and I will attempt to show that although Plato, through Socrates （and Socrates through the Diotima character）, tries to redeem the traditional understanding of love in the ancient Greek society that he was living in, Platonic love is still very different from the Christian concept of love.
