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Old 04-04-2008, 09:11 PM
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Christ's command tells us to do something with respect to self-love, that is, to love our neighbour as ourselves. The very point of the command is to deflect thought from self onto others. As soon as self-love is considered as its own virtue it ipso facto breaks Christ's command.
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