Document Type
Love and Friendship Essay
Publication Date
2001
Excerpt
Augustine's belief that we could only love God and each other by renunciation, so that we would "tame one's body as one would a wild horse" can be an accurate comparison, and one that CS. Lewis strongly validates in The Four Loves. By definition, the word renounce means: to give up (a claim, right, belief, etc.), usually by a formal public statement; to give up (a pursuit, practice, way of living or feeling, etc.); to cast off or disown; refuse further association with; repudiate. Of course, many questions arise by comparing love to wild horses: what does it mean, and why it is necessary to renounce one's loves? In order to understand the analogy, it is necessary to understand what nature is- nature of loves, nature of horses.
Recommended Citation
Jacobs, Lara, "Love Like Wild Horses (2001)" (2001). The Valpo Core Reader. 153.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/153