WOF 348: The Power of Mimetic Desire w/ Luke Burgis
The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture
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What if You Don't See What's Around You?
In the divine comedy and in the purgatorio, the envious are punished by having their eyelids sown shut so they can't see what's around them. Gerard actually has a very interesting interpretation of the story of the woman an adulterie john chapter. His focus is onthe eyes of christ and the eyes of the scribes and pharisees. So desire is mometic o that can be positive. But it can also imitate very negative desires, including aggression accusations.
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