It is only by having desire thwarted, and thereby learning to control it—in other words, by becoming civilized—that men become fully human.


Sex and the Shakespeare Reader (Autumn 2003). - City Journal (1998 - 2008)


It is only by having desire thwarted, and thereby learning to control it—in other words, by becoming civilized—that men become fully human.

It is only by having desire thwarted, and thereby learning to control it—in other words, by becoming civilized—that men become fully human.

It is only by having desire thwarted, and thereby learning to control it—in other words, by becoming civilized—that men become fully human.

It is only by having desire thwarted, and thereby learning to control it—in other words, by becoming civilized—that men become fully human.