In the National Roman Museum, there is a naked idol, the Sleeping Hermaphrodite, an incarnation in marble of the total biological beauty and complete gender identity of the two sexes fused into one form. Hermaphrodite presents us with a mystery, namely, the sex instinct. Instinct is the dynamic of Life Itself. Things are not well with our instinct. Even so, there is a natural tendency toward health. That is eros . Ministering to our need and longing, eros draws us on, to the touch, to intimacy, to human fulfillment. ...
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In the National Roman Museum, there is a naked idol, the Sleeping Hermaphrodite, an incarnation in marble of the total biological beauty and complete gender identity of the two sexes fused into one form. Hermaphrodite presents us with a mystery, namely, the sex instinct. Instinct is the dynamic of Life Itself. Things are not well with our instinct. Even so, there is a natural tendency toward health. That is eros . Ministering to our need and longing, eros draws us on, to the touch, to intimacy, to human fulfillment. (Instinct is volume two of ROMAN RUMINATIONS , "the Psychology of the Human as Enculturated Animal".)
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