Conjugial Love (Chadwick) n. 89

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89. The reason why those two have from creation an inherent tendency to join themselves into one is that one is formed from the other. Wisdom is formed from the love of being wise, that is, truth is formed from good; and the love of wisdom is formed from that wisdom, that is, the good of truth is formed from that truth. It can be seen that the result of their formation is a mutual tendency to be re-united and to be joined into one. But this only happens to men who possess real wisdom, and to women who possess the love of that wisdom in their husbands; in other words, to those who have truly conjugial love. More will be said in the following pages about the wisdom the husband ought to have and which the wife ought to love.


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