Quote by Dante Alighieri

The mind which is created quick to love, is responsive to everything that is pleasing, soon as by pleasure it is awakened into activity. Your apprehensive faculty draws an impression from a real object, and unfolds it within you, so that it makes the mind turn thereto. And if, being turned, it inclines towards it, that inclination is love; that is nature, which through pleasure is bound anew within you.

The mind which is created quick to love, is responsive to ev

Summary

This quote highlights the connection between the mind, love, pleasure, and human nature. It suggests that a mind that is naturally inclined towards love and responsiveness to pleasurable experiences becomes active when stimulated by pleasure. The apprehensive faculty of the mind takes in impressions from real objects, and if the mind is drawn to and inclined towards those objects, it is considered a manifestation of love. This inclination towards what brings pleasure is seen as a natural instinct within human nature, fundamentally binding individuals to pleasurable experiences.

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Love Mindfulness

By Dante Alighieri

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