Social Psychology (10th Edition)
Social Psychology (10th Edition)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780134641287
Author: Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert, Samuel R. Sommers
Publisher: Pearson College Div
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Chapter One is a prayer to God. What kinds of things does he say in this prayer? State
three things he says about God, three things he says about human beings, and three things
he asks God for

CHAPTER I.
Exhortation of the mind to the contemplation of God.—It casts
aside cares, and excludes all thoughts save that of God, that
it may seek Him. Man was created to see God. Man by sin
lost the blessedness for which be was made, and found the
misery for which be was not made. He did not keep this
good when he could keep it easily. Without God it is ill with
us. Our labors and attempts are in vain without God. Man
cannot seek God, unless God himself teaches him; nor find
him, unless he reveals himself, God created man in his image,
that be might be mindful of him, think of him, and love him,
The believer does not seek to understand, that he may be
lieve, but he believes that he may understand: for unless be
believed he would not understand.
Up now, slight man flee, for a little while, thy
occupations; hide thyself, for a time, from thy dis-
turbing thoughts. Cast aside, now, thy burdensome
cares, and put away thy toilsome business....Yield
room for some little time to God; and rest for a little
time in him. Enter the inner chamber of thy mind;
shut out all thoughts save that of God, and such as
can aid thee in seeking him; close thy door and seek
him. Speak now, my whole heart speak now to
God, saying, I seek thy face; thy face, Lord, will I
seek (Psalms xxvii. 8). And come thou now, O Lord
my God, teach my heart where and how it may seek
thee, where and how it may find thee.
Lord, if thou art not here, where shall I seek thee,
being absent? But if thou art everywhere, why do I
not see thee present? Truly thou dwellest in unap-
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proachable light. But where is unapproachable light,
or how shall come to it? Or who shall lead me to
that light and into it, that I may see thee in it? Again,
by what marks, under what form, shall I seek thee?
I have never seen thee, O Lord, my God; I do not
know thy form. What, O most high Lord, shall this
man do, an exile far from thee? What shall thy ser-
vant do, anxious in his love of thee, and cast out afar
from thy face? He pants to see thee, and thy face is
too far from him. He longs to come to thee, and thy
dwelling-place is inaccessible. He is eager to find
thee, and knows not thy place. He desires to seek
thee, and does not know thy face. Lord, thou art my
God, and thou art my Lord, and never have I seen
thee. It is thou that hast made me, and hast made
me anew, and hast bestowed upon me all the blessings
I enjoy; and not yet do I know thee. Finally, I was
created to see thee, and not yet have I done that for
which I was made,
◇ wretched lot of man, when he hath lost that for
which he was made! O hard and terrible fatel Alas,
what has he lost, and what has he found? What bas
departed, and what remains? He has lost the blessed-
ness for which he was made, and has found the misery
for which he was not made. That has departed with-
“put which nothing is happy, and that remains which,
in itself, is only miserable. Man once did eat the
bread of angels, for which he hungers now; he eateth
now the bread of sorrows) of which he knew not then.
Alas! for the mourning of all mankind, for the uni-
versal lamentation of the sons of Hades! He choked
with satiety, we sigh with hunger. Heunded, we
beg. He possessed in happiness, and miserably for-
sook his possession; we suffer want in unhappiness,
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Transcribed Image Text:CHAPTER I. Exhortation of the mind to the contemplation of God.—It casts aside cares, and excludes all thoughts save that of God, that it may seek Him. Man was created to see God. Man by sin lost the blessedness for which be was made, and found the misery for which be was not made. He did not keep this good when he could keep it easily. Without God it is ill with us. Our labors and attempts are in vain without God. Man cannot seek God, unless God himself teaches him; nor find him, unless he reveals himself, God created man in his image, that be might be mindful of him, think of him, and love him, The believer does not seek to understand, that he may be lieve, but he believes that he may understand: for unless be believed he would not understand. Up now, slight man flee, for a little while, thy occupations; hide thyself, for a time, from thy dis- turbing thoughts. Cast aside, now, thy burdensome cares, and put away thy toilsome business....Yield room for some little time to God; and rest for a little time in him. Enter the inner chamber of thy mind; shut out all thoughts save that of God, and such as can aid thee in seeking him; close thy door and seek him. Speak now, my whole heart speak now to God, saying, I seek thy face; thy face, Lord, will I seek (Psalms xxvii. 8). And come thou now, O Lord my God, teach my heart where and how it may seek thee, where and how it may find thee. Lord, if thou art not here, where shall I seek thee, being absent? But if thou art everywhere, why do I not see thee present? Truly thou dwellest in unap- 50 ANSELM. proachable light. But where is unapproachable light, or how shall come to it? Or who shall lead me to that light and into it, that I may see thee in it? Again, by what marks, under what form, shall I seek thee? I have never seen thee, O Lord, my God; I do not know thy form. What, O most high Lord, shall this man do, an exile far from thee? What shall thy ser- vant do, anxious in his love of thee, and cast out afar from thy face? He pants to see thee, and thy face is too far from him. He longs to come to thee, and thy dwelling-place is inaccessible. He is eager to find thee, and knows not thy place. He desires to seek thee, and does not know thy face. Lord, thou art my God, and thou art my Lord, and never have I seen thee. It is thou that hast made me, and hast made me anew, and hast bestowed upon me all the blessings I enjoy; and not yet do I know thee. Finally, I was created to see thee, and not yet have I done that for which I was made, ◇ wretched lot of man, when he hath lost that for which he was made! O hard and terrible fatel Alas, what has he lost, and what has he found? What bas departed, and what remains? He has lost the blessed- ness for which he was made, and has found the misery for which he was not made. That has departed with- “put which nothing is happy, and that remains which, in itself, is only miserable. Man once did eat the bread of angels, for which he hungers now; he eateth now the bread of sorrows) of which he knew not then. Alas! for the mourning of all mankind, for the uni- versal lamentation of the sons of Hades! He choked with satiety, we sigh with hunger. Heunded, we beg. He possessed in happiness, and miserably for- sook his possession; we suffer want in unhappiness,
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and feel a miserable longing, and alas we remain
empty.
Why did he not keep for us, when he could so
easily, that whose lack we should feel so heavily?
Why did he shut us away from the light, and cover
us over with darkness? With what purpose did he
rob us of life, and inflict death upon us? Wretches
that we are, whence have we been driven out; whither
are we driven on? Whence hurled? Whither con-
signed to ruin? From a native country into exile,
from the vision of God into our present blindness,
from the joy of immortality into the bitterness and
horror of death. Miserable exchange of how great a
good, for how great an evil! Heavy loss, heavy grief
heavy all our fate 1
But alas wretched that I am, one of the sons of
Eve, far removed from God! What have I under-
taken? What have I accomplished? Whither was I
striving? How far have I come? To what did I as
pire? Amid what thoughts am I sighing? I sought
blessings, and lo1 confusion. I strove toward God,
and I stumbled on myself. I sought calm in privacy,
and I found tribulation and grief, in my inmost
thoughts. I wished to smile in the joy of my mind,
and I am compelled to frown by the sorrow of my
heart. Gladness was hoped for, and lol a source of
frequent sighs!
And thou too, O Lord, how long? How long, O
Lord, dost thou forget us; how long dost thou turn
thy face from us? When wilt thou look upon us, and
hear us? When wilt thou enlighten our eyes, and
show us thy face? When wilt thou restore thyself to
us? Look upon us, Lord; hear us, enlighten us, re-
veal thyself to us. Restore thyself to us, that it may
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be well with us, thyself, without whom it is so ili
with us. Pity our toilings and strivings toward thee,
since we can do nothing without thee. Thou dost in-
vite us; do thou help us. I beseech thee, O Lord,
that I may not lose hope in sighs, but may breathe
anew in hope. Lord, my heart is made bitter by its
desolation; sweeten thou it, I beseech thee, with thy
consolation. Lord, in hunger I began to seek thee; I
beseech thee that I may not cease to hunger for thee.
In hunger I have come to thee; let me not go unfed.
I have come in poverty to the Rich, in misery to the
Compassionate; let me not return empty and de-
spised. And if, before I eat, I sigh, grant, even after
sighs, that which I may eat. Lord, I am bowed down
and can only look downward; raise me up that I may
look upward. My iniquities have gone over my head;
they overwhelm me; and, like a heavy load, they
weigh me down. Free me from them; unburden me,
that the pit of iniquities may not close over me.
Be it mine to look up to thy light, even from afar,
even from the depths. Teach me to seek thee, and
reveal thyself to me, when I seek thee, for I cannot
seek thee, except thou teach me, nor find thee, except
thou reveal thyself. Let me seek thee in longing, let
me long for thee in seeking; let me find thee in love,
and love thee in finding. Lord, I acknowledge and
I thank thee that thou hast created me in this thine
image, in order that I may be mindful of thee, may
conceive of thee, and love thee; but that image has
been so consumed and wasted away by vices, and ob-
scured by the smoke of wrong-doing, that it cannot
achieve that for which it was made, except thou re-
new it, and create it anew. I do not endeavor, O
Lord, to penetrate thy sublimity, for in no wise do I
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Transcribed Image Text:PROSLOGIUM. SI and feel a miserable longing, and alas we remain empty. Why did he not keep for us, when he could so easily, that whose lack we should feel so heavily? Why did he shut us away from the light, and cover us over with darkness? With what purpose did he rob us of life, and inflict death upon us? Wretches that we are, whence have we been driven out; whither are we driven on? Whence hurled? Whither con- signed to ruin? From a native country into exile, from the vision of God into our present blindness, from the joy of immortality into the bitterness and horror of death. Miserable exchange of how great a good, for how great an evil! Heavy loss, heavy grief heavy all our fate 1 But alas wretched that I am, one of the sons of Eve, far removed from God! What have I under- taken? What have I accomplished? Whither was I striving? How far have I come? To what did I as pire? Amid what thoughts am I sighing? I sought blessings, and lo1 confusion. I strove toward God, and I stumbled on myself. I sought calm in privacy, and I found tribulation and grief, in my inmost thoughts. I wished to smile in the joy of my mind, and I am compelled to frown by the sorrow of my heart. Gladness was hoped for, and lol a source of frequent sighs! And thou too, O Lord, how long? How long, O Lord, dost thou forget us; how long dost thou turn thy face from us? When wilt thou look upon us, and hear us? When wilt thou enlighten our eyes, and show us thy face? When wilt thou restore thyself to us? Look upon us, Lord; hear us, enlighten us, re- veal thyself to us. Restore thyself to us, that it may 52 ANSELM, be well with us, thyself, without whom it is so ili with us. Pity our toilings and strivings toward thee, since we can do nothing without thee. Thou dost in- vite us; do thou help us. I beseech thee, O Lord, that I may not lose hope in sighs, but may breathe anew in hope. Lord, my heart is made bitter by its desolation; sweeten thou it, I beseech thee, with thy consolation. Lord, in hunger I began to seek thee; I beseech thee that I may not cease to hunger for thee. In hunger I have come to thee; let me not go unfed. I have come in poverty to the Rich, in misery to the Compassionate; let me not return empty and de- spised. And if, before I eat, I sigh, grant, even after sighs, that which I may eat. Lord, I am bowed down and can only look downward; raise me up that I may look upward. My iniquities have gone over my head; they overwhelm me; and, like a heavy load, they weigh me down. Free me from them; unburden me, that the pit of iniquities may not close over me. Be it mine to look up to thy light, even from afar, even from the depths. Teach me to seek thee, and reveal thyself to me, when I seek thee, for I cannot seek thee, except thou teach me, nor find thee, except thou reveal thyself. Let me seek thee in longing, let me long for thee in seeking; let me find thee in love, and love thee in finding. Lord, I acknowledge and I thank thee that thou hast created me in this thine image, in order that I may be mindful of thee, may conceive of thee, and love thee; but that image has been so consumed and wasted away by vices, and ob- scured by the smoke of wrong-doing, that it cannot achieve that for which it was made, except thou re- new it, and create it anew. I do not endeavor, O Lord, to penetrate thy sublimity, for in no wise do I
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