amorphous_constellation
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"6. It is natural that these things should be done by such persons, it is a matter of necessity ; and if a man will not have it so, he will not allow the fig-tree to have juice. But by all means bear this in mind, that within a very short time both thou and he will be dead ; and soon not even your names will be left behind." (1.)
Mark 11:12 - And on the morrow, when they had come from Bethany, He was hungry; 13 and seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He might find any thing thereon. But when He came to it He found nothing but leaves, for the time for figs was not yet. 14 And Jesus spoke and said unto it, “Let no man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever.” And His disciples heard it. - KJV
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"22. It is peculiar to man to love even those who do wrong. And this happens, if when they do wrong it occurs to thee that they are kinsmen, and that they do wrong through ignorance and unintentionally, and that soon both of you will die ; and above all, that the wrong-doer has done thee no harm, for he has not made thy ruling faculty worse than it was before." (2.)
Romans 12:20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. - KJV
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1. Aurelius, Marcus. The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Translated by George Long M.A., A.L. Burt , 1896, p. 164.
2. Aurelius, Marcus. The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Translated by George Long M.A., A.L. Burt , 1896, p. 211.
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Being halfway through "The Meditations," it seems to be worthy of threads of one kind or another. Here , we clearly see how the Pre-Christian worldview might actually subdue spite in some cases. For if you believe in the pagan version of the Logos, which is roughly something like a fate framework, then how can there be room to maintain spite, seeing as a subjective quality is merely a puzzle piece in the whole. So the fig tree did not produce figs : and if it was fated to have that quality, of not making them , how does it become worthy of a curse ? Likewise , 'thine enemy' is not worth the passive aggressiveness in the Romans passage, or of any sort of vengeful attitude. For you see that they are merely mistaken, and that you and he are of the same fleeting substance , on the same river of fate
Mark 11:12 - And on the morrow, when they had come from Bethany, He was hungry; 13 and seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He might find any thing thereon. But when He came to it He found nothing but leaves, for the time for figs was not yet. 14 And Jesus spoke and said unto it, “Let no man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever.” And His disciples heard it. - KJV
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"22. It is peculiar to man to love even those who do wrong. And this happens, if when they do wrong it occurs to thee that they are kinsmen, and that they do wrong through ignorance and unintentionally, and that soon both of you will die ; and above all, that the wrong-doer has done thee no harm, for he has not made thy ruling faculty worse than it was before." (2.)
Romans 12:20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. - KJV
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1. Aurelius, Marcus. The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Translated by George Long M.A., A.L. Burt , 1896, p. 164.
2. Aurelius, Marcus. The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Translated by George Long M.A., A.L. Burt , 1896, p. 211.
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Being halfway through "The Meditations," it seems to be worthy of threads of one kind or another. Here , we clearly see how the Pre-Christian worldview might actually subdue spite in some cases. For if you believe in the pagan version of the Logos, which is roughly something like a fate framework, then how can there be room to maintain spite, seeing as a subjective quality is merely a puzzle piece in the whole. So the fig tree did not produce figs : and if it was fated to have that quality, of not making them , how does it become worthy of a curse ? Likewise , 'thine enemy' is not worth the passive aggressiveness in the Romans passage, or of any sort of vengeful attitude. For you see that they are merely mistaken, and that you and he are of the same fleeting substance , on the same river of fate
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