... glory of his destiny fulfilled. Although the glories of civilization were gained, much was lost along the way. After all, for every great advance made by mankind, something great is lost. Civilization requires us to repress volatile instincts so that we may have order. This proves to be a difficult task because fundamentally, we are all egocentric beings driven to the satisfaction of our instincts.3 If we think in terms of masculine energy as civilization, then female energy represents its discontents. Women soon come into opposition to civilization and display their restraining and retarding influence- those very women who, in the beginning, laid the foundations of civilization by the claims of their love... Thus the woman finds herself forced into the background by the claims of civilization and she develops a hostile attitude towards it.4 Looming at the heart of this Virgilian tale is the struggle ...

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