Single Idea 6289

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love]

Full Idea

Love your enemies.

Gist of Idea

Love your enemies

Source

Jesus (reports [c.32]), quoted by St Matthew - 01: Gospel of St Matthew 05.44

Book Reference

'The Bible', ed/tr. the Church [Collins 1950], p.459


A Reaction

The germ of this idea had been around for several hundred years, but this very forceful statement is perhaps Jesus' most distinctive contribution to moral thought. It has the same clarion call as the Stoic demand for pure virtue. What about deserving?