The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Self-Renunciation

Maggie discovers and falls in love with Thomas a Kempis' preaching of total rejection of self-love.

As the story continues, we see this is a profound, and profoundly painful and costly, renunciation on her part, of any aspirations to having a life of her own.

The Mill on the Floss.

The Valley of Humiliation, chapter 3.

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