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A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man With the…A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man With the…
A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man With the several dignities and corruptions thereunto belonging. By Edward Reynolds, late preacher to the honourable society of Lincoln's Inn: and now rector of the Church of Braunston in Northamptonshire.A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man With the severall dignities and corruptions thereunto belonging. By Edvvard Reynoldes, late preacher to the honorable society of Lincoln's Inne: and now rector of the Church of Braunston in Northamptonshire.
London: printed by R. Hearne and John Norton for Robert Bostock, 1640
Chapter 10: Of the Rule of true Love: the Love of God and our selves: similitude to these, the caus…
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I come now unto that other Rule of Love, wherein Aristotle hath placed the Nature thereof, A Mans self, or that unity and proportion which the thing loved beareth unto the party loving; 1which in one place, he calleth [Greek or Hebrew], Equality; in another, [Greek or Hebrew] ▪ Identity; in another, [Greek or Hebrew], Similitude; in another, [Greek or Hebrew], Communion; all Relative terms, which refer unto the party loving.
I come now unto that other Rule of Love, wherein Aristotle hath placed the Nature thereof, A Mans selfe, or that unitie and proportion which the thing loved beareth unto the partie loving; 1which in one place, he calleth 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Equalitie; in another, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 ▪ Identitie; in another, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Similitude; in another, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Communion; all Relative tearmes, which referre unto the partie loving.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] Arist. lib. 9 cap. 9. Ethic. lib. 8. cap. 9. 12. Lib. 9. cap. 3. 9.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Arist. lib. 9 cap. 9. Ethic. lib. 8. cap. 9. 12. Lib. 9. cap. 3. 9.
The Root of every mans love unto himself, is that unity and identity which he hath with himself; it being natural to every thing, to take delight in the simplicity of it own being: because ⟨p. 85⟩