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“when perfect vision apprehens the good”

18/8/2020

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I was listening to a radio interview about the possibilities trying to emerge in a reformed  a post-COVID world.  The thought that the present difficulties may be the labour pains of a more wonderful society coming to birth, fascinates me.  It seems that the difficulties of 2020 have very many people wrestling with the questions, “What is it all about?”  “What really matters?” and “What is truly worthy of my efforts?”
 
It is not just philosophers who are wrestling with these big questions.  Having to slow down, operate in a frequently changing social dynamic, and negotiate the uncertainties, have so many people both thinking and talking about these “Matters of Great Importance”.  All we need is a guide. 
 
In 1321,  poet Dante’s guide led him to “see now how the light that never ends shines in your mind: light which seen to appear, alone and always kindles love”           (Divine Comedy, Canto 5, trans. Clive James).
 
Asking, and wrestling with, the right questions is indeed enlightening. It is what Formation is all about.


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