Very good. In my experience what seems to happen is a complete clash between two approaches: one that starts from an objective moral order and higher values (cultivation of character), and another that starts from epistemological neutrality in which only the patient’s well-being matters, understood in a strictly psychopathological key.
And the result of the spread of a therapeutic mentality in society is that the dimension of the cultivation of character and spirit (which, as Socrates said, is learning how to die; it involves knowing how to deal with suffering in such a way as to triumph over it through a formed and strong character) ends up being eclipsed in the name of well-being at any cost.
It’s no coincidence that we no longer tell someone who has committed a moral failing to “grow up/mature”, but rather “go get treatment/go see a therapist."
Indeed, very well said. It’s precisely this modern insistence on comfort and avoidance of suffering that leads to this soft-souled lack of character in the soul of man today
Do we need to ask for grace to become self aware.it is a special grace to examine ones life honestly and with true humility,It is not easy by yourself.
Very good. In my experience what seems to happen is a complete clash between two approaches: one that starts from an objective moral order and higher values (cultivation of character), and another that starts from epistemological neutrality in which only the patient’s well-being matters, understood in a strictly psychopathological key.
And the result of the spread of a therapeutic mentality in society is that the dimension of the cultivation of character and spirit (which, as Socrates said, is learning how to die; it involves knowing how to deal with suffering in such a way as to triumph over it through a formed and strong character) ends up being eclipsed in the name of well-being at any cost.
It’s no coincidence that we no longer tell someone who has committed a moral failing to “grow up/mature”, but rather “go get treatment/go see a therapist."
Indeed, very well said. It’s precisely this modern insistence on comfort and avoidance of suffering that leads to this soft-souled lack of character in the soul of man today
Do we need to ask for grace to become self aware.it is a special grace to examine ones life honestly and with true humility,It is not easy by yourself.
I would highly encourage doing so! Augustine asks God in the form of prayer all throughout that book 🙏
I would like to get a copy of that book. Where can I get it?
It’s considered a classic in theology/philosophy, so most libraries or major book retailers should have it!