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Lecture VI: The Triumph of Modernity | René Girard's Mimetic Theory

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Christian Love Is the Place of Objectivity

Christian love is not possessive or deeply desirous, and it certainly isn't hate. It's neither a push nor pull from the self, because the self really isn't in the picture here. When I love someone in this Christian way, it is a dissolution of myself, which takes away the strength of metaphysical desire. In love, we are not overly resentful or overly admiring of others, and thus are not mathematically pulled by them. And when we learn to love all, we become freed from mediation, and we are free to pursue truth - whether that means our genuine desires or objective scientific inquiry.

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