Introductory Unit
Heart- “It is a muscle, but it is a strange muscle because
it is a hollow muscle that contains in itself something other than its fivers,
and also because unlike other muscles it isn’t directly dependent on my will
and decision…Thus, the heart is the sign that our being is received, but also
that our being is offered. It is the sign that I have not given myself life,
but also that I need to offer it if I don’t want simply to lose it, because all
the blood that flows must be shed” (Fabrice Hadjadj, “What is the Heart”).
X and Arrows-
The horizontal line is
human history and the arrows are the various arrows attempting to reach the X
or the unknown. Christians claim the unknown is God and that He has entered the
world through his son, Jesus Christ. (“3. The Christian Claim: The Unknown Has
Entered the World”)
Desire- unlimited
dependence on things we want to become happy. There are four main desires,
desires of Love, Justice, Beauty, and Truth.
Reality- The world or the state of things as they actually exist,
as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them: "he refuses to face
reality". (Google)
Four
Truths of the “I”-
1. I didn’t make myself
2. I have unlimited desires
3. My abilities are limited
4. Everything I do is to attain happiness
Religious
Sense- the nature of reason expresses itself in the
ultimate need for truth, goodness, and beauty. These needs constitute the
fabric of the religious sense, which is evident in every human being everywhere
and in all times. So strong is this sense that it leads one to desire that the
answer to life's mystery might reveal itself in some way. (Google) Luigi
Giussani wrote a book about the religious sense, the desire or looking for the
answer to life.
Ontology- from
the word roots, ‘ontos’-“being”, existence and ‘logos’-word, “reason”;meaning.
Ontology is the study of being or existence.
Being- being is existence which is structured
by the four truths of “I”.
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