Tuesday, June 2, 2009

devotion and obedience

Weil makes the argument that devotion is illusory while obedience is more closely related to that of necessity. Understandably this is a legitimate statement the way she develops it, however I feel she neglects her own theory of detachment and attachment. Both devotion and obedience have their ability to attach and detach, however they must work together in order to bear fruit. If we were to continue to act purely out of obedience to the law, we would limit the ability of the holy spirit to direct our actions and discernment would fall into objectification, idealism and ultimately reification or a removal from reality.

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