Medieval Civilization: Millennia in Microcosm Week 149

In Kenneth Smith’s “Selfless Love and The Encompassing”, chapter seven of "Millennia in Microcosm", Smith explores how Christianity transformed this innate human longing into agape, a love that overflows ego and transcends worldly limitations. Through the miracle of the loaves and fishes, he illustrates how spiritual goods—unlike material ones—multiply as they are shared. Smith challenges us to reckon with the moral bankruptcy of narrow self-interest, arguing that true flourishing lies in communal spiritual abundance, not competitive accumulation.

C: Selfless Love and The Encompassing https://kennethsmithphilosophy.com/end07.php