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The neighbor in the self
Religions and States, even when apparently open, are subject to "auto-immune" reactions which make them turn against the other within. They need to make the effort to recognise the other as a constituent of themselves. -
here is a famous passage in the Gospels, where a lawyer questions Jesus with regard to the command to love God with one's whole heart and to love ones neighbour `as oneself.' The lawyer asks, 'And who is my neighbour?'
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