Collections on Ethics for All People

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On the Happiness of Marital Love.

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What would our life be without love,
Which the Creator himself into our hearts

original: "goß" (poured). This imagery suggests love is a divine substance or liquid instilled directly into the human soul. Without it, our happiness would not be great, If its beautiful impulses original: "Triebe" (impulses, drives, or stirrings). In 18th and 19th-century German literature, this often refers to natural, God-given inclinations of the heart. Did not beat within us, did not lead us, And did not spread joy and bliss original: "Seligkeit." While often translated as "bliss," it carries a heavy religious connotation of heavenly salvation or supreme spiritual happiness. around

Yes, the Creator of our lives saw this;
He weighed our happiness just as he weighed our

original: "Ungesmach." A somewhat archaic term for hardship, trouble, or adversity.