The Spiritual subconscious (Maritain)
Has to be distinguished from
The Instinct Subconscious (Freud)
Man is unaware
Of his supreme sphere
The spirit
lives (does not live) in his ignorance
frustrating itself
This suicide
is
the tragedy of today’s men
Caietano (1468 – 1534)
“Omne esse sequitur appetitus”
John of Saint Tomas (1589 – 1644)
“Haec propositio,
quod ad omnem formam sequitur inclinatio,
per se nota est”
In short: being means to be attracted (“appetitus”, “inclinatio”). Things touch and fit with each other. God is the infinite Attractor. Attracting things to Himself, He attracts them to each other.
There are some duties
Even irrespective of God
“etiamsi daremur non esse Deum,
aut non curari ab eo negotia humana” (Hugo de Groot)
The Christian should live Sundays even cultivating his education
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