classics digests, reflections and reviews
In Book 8 of Paradise Lost, there is an interesting discourse between God and Man on the state of solitude and happiness. Adam expresses his desire for rational companionship, without which he cannot be happy or content. God then asks Adam whether he thinks God, who is alone for all eternity, is possessed of happiness. Adam: Thou hast provided all things: but with mee I see not who partakes. In […]
Read more“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.” –Bertrand Russell “The Conquest of Happiness” Russell, when asked what he would say if he died and found himself confronted by God, whose Love he had refused to believe and accept, was quoted to have said, “Not enough evidence, God, not enough evidence.” “For God so loved the world that He gave His only […]
Read more