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"Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die." -G.K. Chesterton
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I really like the objective nature of happiness according to this.
Does this mean that in order to be happy we must participate in the divine?
Btw, do you know what Boethius means by that? I'm a bit confused.
Hmm. To your first question: I believe that's correct (or that happiness is of the divine?), but like you mentioned, the whole concept of participation in the divine is a bit of a tricky thing.
My first thought when reading through Boethius was that we participate in the divine by the nature that we were created i.e. we are created in His image and God-breathed. However, I think there may be another aspect of our participation in the divine that coincides with our atonement and sanctification. Our pure participation in the divine was twisted in the fall, and it is significant in our salvation. Being saved, we are clothed in Christ, so that the Father may look at us no longer as in a fallen state but as Christ. The thing I have trouble wrapping my head around is this aspect divinity within, and seeing as you just sent me an email on this topic I'll end here and pick up there.
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