On the sacred nature of the feminine
Fydor Dostoevsky once said "to love someone is to see him as God intended him." It inspired me to delve more deeply into the archetypes ideas of man and woman and also the relationship between them.
Alice von Hildebrand asserts the dignity of the woman by stating that woman was not made from dirt and saliva, as man was. Rather, she was created from the flesh of Adam. Since she enjoys this high privilege, she is also one of great responsibility. She has the role of bringing into the world new life. She deserves utmost respect. She is a vessel of life. Perhaps even the vessel of life. Chesterton states "Nothing can overcome that one enormous sex [that of the female] superiority, that even the male child is born closer to his mother than to his father.
Men must treat women with great respect then, as they are indeed sacred. The chivalric code between men and women aims at maintaining a woman's dignity, and is indeed based on the love between Jesus and Mary. However, that has been lost in the modern world where both men and women are responsible for the breakdown of chivalry. It is the job then of both sexes to return to this code.
With great interest, I turned to Brad Miner's "The Compleat Gentleman: the Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry." Although it had a rather interesting section on sprezzatura (the effortless grace of the masculine in pursuit of truth and goodness), the rest of it is at best a lengthy, dry, history. It is hailed as "witty" by Publisher's Weekly, but it not worthy of such praise.
I wouldn't bother with it, but if you have, I would love to know your opinion.
Alice von Hildebrand asserts the dignity of the woman by stating that woman was not made from dirt and saliva, as man was. Rather, she was created from the flesh of Adam. Since she enjoys this high privilege, she is also one of great responsibility. She has the role of bringing into the world new life. She deserves utmost respect. She is a vessel of life. Perhaps even the vessel of life. Chesterton states "Nothing can overcome that one enormous sex [that of the female] superiority, that even the male child is born closer to his mother than to his father.
Men must treat women with great respect then, as they are indeed sacred. The chivalric code between men and women aims at maintaining a woman's dignity, and is indeed based on the love between Jesus and Mary. However, that has been lost in the modern world where both men and women are responsible for the breakdown of chivalry. It is the job then of both sexes to return to this code.
With great interest, I turned to Brad Miner's "The Compleat Gentleman: the Modern Man's Guide to Chivalry." Although it had a rather interesting section on sprezzatura (the effortless grace of the masculine in pursuit of truth and goodness), the rest of it is at best a lengthy, dry, history. It is hailed as "witty" by Publisher's Weekly, but it not worthy of such praise.
I wouldn't bother with it, but if you have, I would love to know your opinion.
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