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> This is a really big stretch in interpretation

According to Wikipedia[0], "[t]he placeholder text is taken from parts of the first book's discourse on hedonism." The first book being the first book of Cicero's De finibus bonorum et malorum.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_finibus_bonorum_et_malorum



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To be honest I'm sure it isn't erotica just as the Holy Bible is not despite verses like Ezekiel 23:20. I must also confess I did find the revelation a little amusing. It certainly says something about men (whether that's just the men of 70s from when both originate).




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