08/12/2020
🖤 NOTES ON
When we start with big universal ideas, at the level of concepts and -isms, we too-often stay there and argue about theory and generalizations. At that level, the mind is totally in charge. It is then easy to love , but not any one person in particular. We defend principles of justice, but would not put ourselves out to live justly.
We just argue about theory and proper definitions. I have done this myself. Duns Scotus offered us a meaningful and practical way to live by focusing on the now, the particular, the concrete, the individual. His entire philosophy makes love, and 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺, more important than intellect, understanding, or any theories about or . As we say, the rubber must hit the road.📝