"The head rules the belly through the chest." -- C.S. Lewis says in The Abolition of Man
In other words, our thoughts must inform our affections in order to choose our actions.
Our affections must be under the authority of our intellect and our actions must be thought through and in concert with what we value and esteem most highly. This requires our affections to be in order which requires something other than one particular affection to be left to do the organizing. Affections do not order themselves and cannot be trusted to fall in line without order being imposed upon them. They will not, in other words, simply sort themselves out. If allowed to sort themselves, they will leave you feeling out of sorts.
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