It's rather Pauline ......the Corinthian chapter on love.....clanging symbols, etc. Julie Krueger ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: Valentine's Day Meditations Date: 2/15/06 3:59:24 P.M. Central Standard Time From: _pas@xxxxxxxxx (mailto:pas@xxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: >...that one does not push asceticism to the point where it makes friendly >intercourse impossible, Somehow I think he might have meant something different, but if he didn't, maybe he had the "noughties" in mind. He may have been even more prophetic. >and that one is prepared in the end to be defeated and broken up by life, >which is the inevitable price of fastening one's love upon other human >individuals. That's very well said. p ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html