"Inter Faeces..." Quote

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>Someone has asked me for the source of the saying "Inter faeces et urinam
>nascimur."  I see that it is widely attributed to Augustine, but without a
>precise source.  I would welcome any help on this.

Augustine wrote a lot of stuff, they say, but I surely haven't read much of it.

Here's what seems to be the same charming figure of speech ... more or less
... I think ... about 400 years back ... if you can read this stuff ....

<<François Beroalde de Verville, _Le Moyen de Parvenir_ ... [ca. 1616 ?]:>>

http://www.cesr.univ-tours.fr/Epistemon/cornucopie/Cornuc.asp

Page 200 (I think):

http://www.cesr.univ-tours.fr/Epistemon/cornucopie/MP4.asp

<<ô le delicat tu és né entre la merde et le pissat, et tu en veux conter.>>

Don't know whether this has any relevance, or might could help ....

-- Doug Wilson


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