In reading Walter Hilton's classic book from the 14th Century, Toward a Perfect Love, he says:
"Man, is naught else but his thoughts and his loves."
This thought is attributed to St. Augustine (from the 4th Century) teaching: "If we want to know what a person is, we have simply to ask what it is he loves, and how he loves it."
The editor/translator applies this by saying: "If you really want to know what it is you love, consider what it is you are most thinking about. For where your love is, there your eye will be turned, your pleasure found, and your heart preoccupied."
(Introduction, p. xxv)
"Man, is naught else but his thoughts and his loves."
This thought is attributed to St. Augustine (from the 4th Century) teaching: "If we want to know what a person is, we have simply to ask what it is he loves, and how he loves it."
The editor/translator applies this by saying: "If you really want to know what it is you love, consider what it is you are most thinking about. For where your love is, there your eye will be turned, your pleasure found, and your heart preoccupied."
(Introduction, p. xxv)
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