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Montaigne's "On Some Lines of Virgil"
In his essay, "On Some Lines of Virgil", Montaigne assays the
nature of affairs of love entered into by women and men relating the nature
of the body and soul to that of language. He discusses things from the
importance of training the soul, to the ability of women to be as infidel
as men. Throughout his essay he maintains the outlook that bodily pleas ....
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.... unjust to prejudice the soul toward
bodily pleasures in this manner. These pleasures are natural and should
therefore be enjoyed in moderation, not completely avoided. Resistance,
instead, should be employed against unnatural pleasures (page 322.)
Since sex is a natural pleasure, it fits into the category of
things to be enjoyed in moderation. Montaigne makes a point of including
an age limit on those like himself that wish to maintain some dignity,
sayi ....
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