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The Two Loves
E. D. James
- pp 108-115
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Nicole is as Augustinian in this respect as Pascal or St Francois de Sales as mentioned in this paper, and the Essais are full of the same doctrine and are similarly concerned to descry the dangers and permitted limits of love for creatures.Abstract:
E. Gilson has said that a doctrine is Augustinian insofar as it tends the more completely to organise itself about charity as its centre.1 Nicole is as Augustinian in this respect as Pascal or St Francois de Sales, and while we find in Nicole no treatise on the love of God such as we find in the saint, the Essais are full of the same doctrine and are similarly concerned to descry the dangers and permitted limits of love for creatures. Nicole’s discussions have a particular interest as throwing light on the extent to which Jansenism is to be equated with puritanical rigour.read more
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