Wednesday, May 29, 2019
The Lure of the Forbidden
Ovid, Amores 3.4.17 (tr. Grant Showerman, rev. G.P. Goold):
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We ever strive for what is forbid, and ever covet what is denied.This line is increasingly meaningful to me, in matters intellectual, not sexual. Whenever I hear that someone wants to ban, censor, or bowdlerize some piece of literature, art, or music, I defiantly seek out and eat the forbidden fruit.
nitimur in vetitum semper cupimusque negata.
