PHIL 367 Lecture : PHIL 367 - Lecture (Mar. 12th)
17 Mar 2012
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Supposed to illustrate the knight of infinite resignation. The man loves the princess, but the princess cannot be with the lad. The lad has found the one thing that he will live for and die for unconditional love. He realizes that he will not get the princess. He lets go of the princess, and he renounces the whole content of his life. In thus, he transforms it into something higher; it becomes a love for eternal being. This denies him the fulfilment of his life, but reconciles him in the eternal consciousness of love"s validity in an eternal form that nobody can take from him. This movement of infinite resignation is a move achieved by an act of self-mastery, of the will, entirely self-sufficient. If he does not make the movement it is because he is weak and cowardly. The knight of infinite resignation does not make claims on anyone, does not define himself on his worldly relations.
