"St Augustine defines virtue as ordo amoris, the ordinate condition of the affections in which every object is accorded that kind of degree of love which is appropriate to it.11 Aristotle says that the aim of education is to make the pupil like and dislike what he ought.12 When the age for reflective thought comes, the pupil who has been thus trained in 'ordinate affections' or 'just sentiments' will easily find the first principles in Ethics; but to the corrupt man they will never be visible at all and he can make no progress in that science.13 Plato before him had said the same. The little human animal will not at first have the right responses. It must be trained to feel pleasure, liking, disgust, and hatred at those things which really are pleasant, likeable, disgusting and hateful."
CS Lewis The Abolition of Man
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Sonnet 29
This is a lovely interpretation of Shakespeare's Sonnet 29.
Oh, be still my girlish heart. :) (Where, oh where, has Tom Quinn gone???)
ReplyDeleteDid you recognize Keely Hawes as the girl? His real wife and fellow MI-5 star. MI-5 rarely made any casting mistakes.
ReplyDeleteI love that sonnet. What a wonderful modern twist on such timeless words. Thank for sharing.
ReplyDeleteMI-5 is on my "to watch" list. One day.....
Keely Hawes was also in Wives and Daughters...
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