Tag: St Anthony the Great
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Amor Fati and the Heroic Life
My formula for the greatness of man is amor fati — to change nothing, neither before nor after, throughout all eternity. Not only to bear Necessity, and still less to hide it — all idealism is a lie in the face of Necessity — but to love it. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche A happy life is…
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Rational Man and Moral Law
According to Anthony, only the rational man is in union with God, and reason is not at all common to all men.