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> Does not Adam's Edenic act of naming the animals carry within it the
> implicit charge to address them properly, after his fashion?
It is an interesting instance of how our societies have been moulded by
protestantism and protestant translations of the Bible, that we
commonly talk of Adam living in (or being thrown out of) the Garden of
Eden. The Vulgate calls it Paradisus Voluptatis, the Paradise of
Pleasure.
I for one would not in the least mind being thrown out of a garden; I
don't care much for gardening, and the only thing that can persuade me
to watch a gardening programme on the television is the sight of
Charley Dimmock displaying her wares. But a Paradise of Pleasure -
that's another matter.
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