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Episode 124: “The Abolition of Man” by C. S. Lewis, Ch. 1

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The Passions and the Appetites

Passion and appetites would be the same thing, ok? So right at the bottom is our passions or our appetites. What you do when you recognize this passion is it does that the passions don't rule you. And i now use reason, understanding reason is godly wisdom, to discern if this is the right thing for me to feel. The middle step is your will, and that corresponds to that chest. Once i have decided if i should or should not feel these things, then my will is what i use to either act on the feeling that i have decided i should have, or notAct on the feeling i have decided I should not have. That is a properly ordered

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