love thy neighbor

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is simply being able to say, "What are you going through?"

The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, 'What are you going through'' Simone Weil

is an attempt to defend against human instinctual aggressiveness which is impossible to fulfill since anyone who follows such a precept in present-day civilization only puts himself at a disadvantage vis-a-vis the person who disregards it.

The commandment, 'Love thy neighbour as thyself', is the strongest defence against human aggressiveness and an excellent example of the unpsychological [expectations] of the cultural super-ego. The commandment is impossible to fulfil... such an enormous inflation of love can only lower its value, not get rid of the difficulty. Civilization pays no attention to all this... it merely admonishes us that the harder it is to obey the precept the more meritorious it is to do so. But anyone who follows such a precept in present-day civilization only puts himself at a disadvantage vis-a-vis the person who disregards it. What a potent obstacle to civilization aggressiveness must be, if the defence against it can cause as much unhappiness as aggressiveness itself! 'Natural' ethics, as it is called, has nothing to offer here except the narcissistic satisfaction of being able to think oneself better than others. At this point the ethics based on religion introduces its promises of a better after-life. But so long as virtue is not rewarded here on earth, ethics will, I fancy, preach in vain. I too think it quite certain that a real change in the relations of human beings to possessions would be of more help in this direction than any ethical commands... but the recognition of this fact among socialist has been obscured and made useless for practical purposes by a fresh idealistic misconception of human nature. Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents

1s 2rue meaning is not that it is a command from God which we are to fulfill, but that through it and in it we meet God.

The true meaning of love one's neighbor is not that it is a command from God which we are to fulfill, but that through it and in it we meet God.

is likely in the Bible alongside love thy enemies because they are generally the same people.

The Bible tells us to love our neighhours and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.

is a phrase uttered by one who did not know his neighbor very well or didn't love himself enough.

is important, but pull not down your hedge.

Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge.

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