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1、506THEREVIEWOFPOLITICSnopossibleresponse,sinceGod's"uncausedlove"sooverpowersmanthathecandonothingelsethanloveGod."ThisbringsusstraightbacktopantheismforifAgapebeanactwhichproceedsfromman,andatthesametimehasnothinghumanorfreeinit,howcanthatact,whichisexpres
2、slydeclaredtobedivine,beanythingless?Andifmanisliterallydivine,wearebackatmonism."FatherD'ArcyisathismostilluminatingintracingFreud'sdeath-wishbacktothenormallifeofanimals.Aristotlehadalreadycalledattentiontothefactthatthereisineveryfinitebeingaprincipleofn
3、on-beingordeathaswellasaprincipleoflifeorform.Intheanimalworldtherhythmofgiveandtake,thetwinmovementofdesireisuniversal;anditmaywellbethatwhatseemstobeawilltodeathinmanissimplytheanimalinhimdesiringtheonlyformofsurvivalthatanimalknows—diegoodofthespeciesatt
4、ainedbydieannihilationofdieindividual.St.Thomasteachesthatanimalsdesireperpetuityingeneration,butas"dieydonotpossessapersonallifeoftheirown,thedesireisfordiecontinuityoftherace."Sincemanishalfananimal,thismay,indeed,beanexplanationtruer,becausemorerealistic
5、,thanthatpostulatedbymodernpsycho-analysis.HowwonderfulisFadierD'Arcy'suseofEnglish!Hecanbesourlywitty,aswhenhedescribeshowtrueaffectionbeginstodiminish,whenmanloseshimselfinabstractions"andoneofdietwoloves,likeaswollengland,beginstodischargetoomuch."Or"die
6、firewaschilledintoair,andtheairbecamewindofZarathustraandcausedaninflationofconsciousnessthatcanapparentlybecheckedonlybythemostterriblecatastrophestocivilization."Butthen,whenheistalkingoflove,hislanguagesoarstomeethisaugustsubject.Hischoiceofquotation,too
7、,isunrivalled.Andtheseisnowhereawordtoomuch;thisisacompletelyintegratedargumentbyaverycivilizedperson.Hisconclusionisdiatthe"primaryactofdiecreatureisnottopossessGodbuttobelongtoHim";onlyindieperspectiveofHislovecandietwoloves,betweenwhomourselfricochets,fi
8、ndpeace.Wewouldgrab,andwewouldgive,butwhenweshallhaveattainedtotheperfectvisionofGod,diendiesoul,renderingtoHimdiatwhichisHisduewillbegintolivewidiHimforHimalone;andHe,Wholovesdiesoulanddieintellect,wi