In Reply to: Re: For how long? nt posted by patrickU on August 8, 2005 at 10:26:47:
...as that epyphany opens a new window for him to look both inside himself and into the woman he now has discovered how he loves, thus making his love greater, not lesser. Now she has shared her secret with him, they can become closer to each other, once that wall has fallen down...Greek word for that higher kind of love is "Agapé", which has no exact equivalent in today´s languages, something like "love beyond passion" being the closest...Strange thing, love, always going against the rules of economy, as the more you share it, the more you have. And how wise old Greeks were, when they conceived the ones in love as not acting on their own, but possessed by a god who drove them beyond reason (did you know what the word "enthusiasm" means? "Driven by (a) god", no less...)
Regards
BF
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- For as long as it lasts, of course... And I still can´t see that suffering in Gabriel, Patrick... - orejones 04:07:54 08/09/05 (1)
- Re: For as long as it lasts, of course... And I still can´t see that suffering in Gabriel, Patrick... - patrickU 05:16:14 08/09/05 (0)