Human, All Too Human, Part 69 summary
Part 69 of 152 · 1 min to read the part
In 69, the speaker questions why people value love above justice and argues that love appeals precisely because it is less intelligent and gives without judging merit. The comparison with rain shifts attention from love’s supposed superiority to its indiscriminate gifts, which reach people regardless of desert or gratitude.
What happens
- The speaker asks why love receives greater praise than justice.
- The speaker calls love less intelligent and identifies this as the reason for its wider appeal.
- Love gives blindly, without requiring merit or gratitude.
- Rain provides a comparison because it wets both unjust and just people.
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What to notice
The question reverses the usual praise of love. The answer makes love’s lack of judgment the explanation for its popularity.
Quick check
Why does the speaker compare love to rain?
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