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adequacyofourwayofunderstandingpersonalismcomparedto
theotherpossibilitiestowhichwehavereferred.ourproposal
[mineandProf.Zientkowski’s],infact,notonlyallowsforacon-
sistentidentificationofpersonalism,butalsoallowsittogrow,as
thisreflectiononspousalloveshows.Butlet’sgotothatselection
ofideas.
Tischner,thephilosopherofsolidarity,comparesmarriageto
Golgothawhenhewrites“MarriageisthemountainofCalva-
ry”
.Butthisexpression,whichcouldseemextremeinrelationto
marriage,revealssomeofitsdeepestrootssince,astheauthor
pointsout,“hedoesnotonlypointtothehardshipandburdenof
thespouses’lifetogether(whichisofcourseafact),butaboveall
totheLovethatwasrevealedontheCross”
.
VonHildebrand,anotherofthechosenauthorswhocanboast
ofhavingdedicatedanextensivebookexclusivelytolove,pro-
videsadeepandexperientialvisionofspousallove,pointingout,
amongotherreflections,howitsessencecannotbeidentified
withsensuality.“onthecontrary,hewrites,maritallove,regard-
lessofsensuality,representsacompletelyspecifictypeoflove.
Teessenceofconjugalloveis,firstofall,thecompletelyunique
mutualself-givingofthespouses”
.
Ebner,thethirdchosenpersonalist,remainedhiddendur-
inghislifetimeand,toacertainextent,hedoessotoday.But
histhinkingoverflowswithwisdom,whichtakesshape,inrela-
tiontospousallove,ofacomplexmixtureofsexualrealismand
appreciationofthespiritualdimension.Sexualityinmarriage
isessential,anditworksdińerentlyformenandwomen.Without
it,marriagedissolvesandtherefore,cannotbeignoredorunder-
valuedashashappenedforcenturies.Itcanonlyachieveitsfull
valuebyintegratingintospirituality,althoughthisisadifcult
task.Prof.Zientkowskialsonoticesthatthefoundationsofthe
theoryofthethreealtarscanbefoundinEbner’sphilosophy.
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