"By subject, I mean obedient to the soul without rebellion, reproducing and reproducible without lust, functioning without defect, wholly exempt from the changes of decay, impervious to death."
— St. Bonaventure [born Giovanni di Fidanza] (1217-1274)
Work Title
Date
1257
Metaphor
"By subject, I mean obedient to the soul without rebellion, reproducing and reproducible without lust, functioning without defect, wholly exempt from the changes of decay, impervious to death."
Metaphor in Context
1. True faith teaches us to hold the following about the human body in the original state of creation. The body of the first man, formed out of the dust of the ground, was created subject to the soul and proportioned to it in its own way. By proportioned, I mean of well-balanced physical constitution, beautiful and highly organized structure, and upright carriage. By subject, I mean obedient to the soul without rebellion, reproducing and reproducible without lust, functioning without defect, wholly exempt from the changes of decay, impervious to death. Appropriately, to the being so formed was given the earthly paradise for a peaceful abode.
(II.10.1)
(II.10.1)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
St. Bonaventure, The Breviloquium (Paterson, NJ) <Link to http://www.catholic.uz/>
Date of Entry
01/13/2011
