--On Wed, Mar 31, 1999, Peter Dinzelbacher wrote:
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a colleague working on medieval medicine asked me from whence the quotation
"nascimur inter faeces et urinam" might come. I thought of an ancient
writer like Galen or Pliny - Or rather some contemptus mundi-text like that
of Innocence III.? ( of this we have no edition at Salzburg). I could not
solve the question. But perhaps someone in the net can?
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This was for a while almost a FAQ over on MEDTEXTL (I believe). Most
people thought it was Augustine, but it turns out not to be. I think
someone found it somewhere in Voltaire's works, but I'm not sure. I just
tried to find MEDTEXTL archives on the web but was unsuccessful. Maybe you
should ask your question over on MEDTEXTL. I am sure that Jim Marchand,
who never forgets anything, knows how this question turned out.
Best wishes, and apologies for not helping more.
MW
Mark F. Williams
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Calvin College FAX: (616) 957-8551
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"Philologie als Erkenntnis: das war es, was ich in jenem Augenblick
begriff. Und seitdem habe ich mir vor eigenen und fremden Arbeiten immer
wieder die Frage gestellt: 'Was ist damit für die Erkenntnis
geleistet?'"
-E. R. Curtius
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