The Love of Existence and Knowledge
All beings naturally love their own existence. This is evident even in irrational animals and plants. Man uniquely loves knowledge and truth, preferring sane grief to deluded joy. This love of truth indicates a higher vocation, pointing beyond the material to the spiritual.
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