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Nature of Love
Amongst the many aphorisms in William Penn’s Some Fruits of Solitude, his view on love leaves a lasting impression. Penn enables the reader to fathom his views on numerous aspects of life and human nature by applying everyday occurrences on his aphorisms. Out of the many sections, the thought of love is apparent or implied in the majority of the maxims. The most noticeable areas of thought about Love are in the Right Marriage and Religion section.
In order to understand and analyze Penn’s view on love, I felt the first area to engage with was the religion section (pg64-78, 454-556). ... This can be interpreted to understand what exactly Love means to Penn. Faith to believe in God, the love in faith for God, to please his wishes by possessing faith in him, and to achieve eternal love. ... The aphorism, “ For serving God concerns the Frame of our Spirits, in the whole Course of our Lives; in every Occasion we have, in which we may shew our Love to his Law”(476), reveals to trust God and his beliefs is to allow the conscious to regulate our behavior for him and others. In the last part of 551 the meaning of religion is clearly stated, “ Religion it self is nothing else but Love to God and Man. ...
In Penn’s second to last aphorism for the Religion section, he reiterates the importance of Religion using the universal meaning of Love.
“What we Love, we’ll Hear; what we Love, we’ll Trust; and what we Love, we’ll serve, ay, and suffer for too.
Approximate Word count = 1259
Approximate Pages = 5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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