Reason vs emotion = malfi

Question 1

Patel

Answer 1

• “Adam is Reason manifest and Eve is Passion (or ‘delight’) incarnate.”

Question 2

Quint

Answer 2

Quint -The impossible narrative feedback loop of book 10 suggests no way out of the book itself. It corresponds to the recursive nature of sin

Question 3

Crosbie

Answer 3

her death a moment of ‘Epictetian volition’/ ‘stoic ideal of controlling one’s inner will’

= Epictetus, “volition” (or prohairesis in Greek) refers to a person’s ability to make choices and form judgments

Question 4

Gunby

Answer 4

Bosola a man divided in himself

=rational want to do whats right, vs emotional want for power