Hi
I'd like to ask you about the passage below:
As Marina Warner writes, “In this battle between the flesh and the spirit, the
female sex was firmly placed on the side of the flesh.” Since menstruation, breastfeeding
and even pregnancy disgusted the disembodied male ego, women
disgusted them too. As Warner also comments:
In the faeces and urine – in ’s phrase – of
childbirth, the closeness of women to all that is vile, lowly,
corruptible, and material was epitomised – in the “curse” of
menstruation, she lay closer to the beast; the lure of her beauty
was nothing but an aspect of the death brought about by her
seduction of Adam in the garden.
I'd like to ask you about the passage below:
As Marina Warner writes, “In this battle between the flesh and the spirit, the
female sex was firmly placed on the side of the flesh.” Since menstruation, breastfeeding
and even pregnancy disgusted the disembodied male ego, women
disgusted them too. As Warner also comments:
In the faeces and urine – in ’s phrase – of
childbirth, the closeness of women to all that is vile, lowly,
corruptible, and material was epitomised – in the “curse” of
menstruation, she lay closer to the beast; the lure of her beauty
was nothing but an aspect of the death brought about by her
seduction of Adam in the garden.
Comments
2- Yes, that's seems to be the meaning.
3- "The lure of her beatuy" was an aspect of the death she brought about, not what caused death.
I hope this have been of help to you.
Raimon.
Does "in St.Augustine's phrase" mean that probably the words "In the faeces and urine of childbirth" were said by Augustine?
All the phrase highlighted in colour seems to be St. Aguistine's thought.