More than once, I have heard this quote attributed to Augustine but I don't
know the specific reference.
Jo Ann
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From: Peter Dinzelbacher <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 10:12 AM
Subject: nascimur inter faecem urinamque
>
>Dear all,
>
>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?
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Peter Dinzelbacher
>
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