The only true love in Augustine's logic, glossed by Jiang as obedience to God over human attachment.
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Love of God
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"...us that there's only one true love and that's the love of God which is obedience to God every other love our love for..."
"...saying that some people are more ready to experience the love of God while they're alive than others?"
"...But for Dante, um, society is what enables us to truly love God. Okay. So our society, we, we, we couldn't actually function. Okay...."
"Okay, look, God is love. Okay? So, when you truly love, God responds to you. When you hate, God turns away from you. Does..."
"...to the Catholic. No, no, no, no, he's saying God is love. God is love. Right? You can't do that. Not one God versus."
"...further right god is love jesus is love holy spirit is love god is love okay this is why dante is such a genius..."
"...this is a summarization of what we've learned right. God is love. God implanted himself in us. So we are all love. We aspire..."
"...distinction between Dante and Virgil. Dante says, Or you can only love God. You can only love someone else. You can only love a..."
"...that's a problem, isn't it? That's the problem. Like if they love God so much, if they're incapable of sinning, then do they truly..."
"...screw it up, right? And what we learn is God is love. God will never judge you. Only you judge yourself. Therefore, just live..."
"...you're doing this for love of beatrice love of family love of god okay all right these three things which he discovers"
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