To phrase "the object of desire" as a cluster of promises is to allow us to encounter what's incoherent or enigmatic in our attachments, not as confirmation of our irrationality but as an explanation of our sense of our endurance in the object, insofar as proximity to the object means pro...
The phrase "one who is cruel" can be interpreted as a metaphor for the destructive consequences of sin, particularly in the context of relationships that are not ordained by God. Historically, the ancient Near Eastern cultures often depicted foreign or pagan influences as cruel, leading the ...
Finally, in the third quatrain, Shakespeare uses the image of the "forge" to describe the way that the speaker has manufactured his own responses to his beloved's cruelty. The word "forge" suggests a kind of intentional deception or fabrication, as if the speaker is deliberately manufacturing ...
He adopted another unnerving phrase in the course of this explanation: that there will be ‘adequate food supplies’. Inadequate politician (photo by Chris McAndrew,source,CC BY 3.0) Plenty of other people have pointed out the unattractive nature of this statement. I think I’ve seen at least...
I will close with a final phrase that I have come to use far more often that I ever thought I would then. I will leave it with you now. God Bless You ! About Love,About People,Essays| A Neo-Patriarchal Response to Communitarianism ...