Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Hugh of st. Victor
I had to read this passage like four times in order to kind of understand what was being said. Not all things are what they seam to be. Like "when something is called the highest, this doesn’t mean that it is located above the top of the heavens, but rather that it is the inmost or most intimate of all". Its saying words are just that, "word" they are the things we use to try to express what we feel. Saying something is above does not mean it is really above us, but that it is so important that it is high in the mind and lifted up like something that should be treasured. When a person goes off looking for visible pleasures they will never find what they truly desire to fill that void. The only way to fill it is by knowing that God is within us and he himself will fill that void.
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I also blogged on this same part of this passage. i never really thought before this about the meaning of highest not being that it was above us.
ReplyDeleteWhen I read this passage, it took me awhile to figure out some sort of meaning or understanding as well. It made me think of where the highest could be. Hugh of St.Victor said that it might be within us or something along those lines.
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