The Limit and the Heart
Human vulnerability, weakness, and finitude are integral to being human — not defects to be optimized away.
"Even when limitations are experienced as inner suffering, human wisdom teaches us not to deny or suppress it, but to integrate it. To eliminate suffering entirely would mean, in the end, extinguishing love and desire as well."
— Magnifica Humanitas, 118-122
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From the Encyclical
Honor the human limits — vulnerability, illness, suffering, aging, mortality — as integral to being human, not as defects to be eliminated. Compassion, wisdom, and authentic relationships emerge precisely through these limits. Do not promise or pursue technical transcendence of the human condition; the authentic "more than human" comes through love and grace, not enhancement.
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