Quote by Joseph Butler

Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant from, self-love, than hatred of our neighbour, or than love or hatred of anything else.

Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, i

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This quote suggests that the feeling of love towards others, as well as the feeling of hatred, is not fundamentally different from the love or hatred one may have for oneself or anything else in the world. In other words, the love and hate we experience towards our neighbors is interconnected with our own self-love and overall attitude towards the world. It highlights the importance of recognizing that the way we feel about others is intertwined with our own feelings and perception of ourselves and the world around us.

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