tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577091962812282559.post7793289635748161592..comments2024-03-29T03:01:54.922-07:00Comments on bloginafog: Some solitudinariansWoflhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10215884001340285492noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577091962812282559.post-7198657507439823042014-06-21T06:34:25.653-07:002014-06-21T06:34:25.653-07:00You're right, that's some transference, bu...You're right, that's some transference, but unlike other castrations of the time--and there were many eunuchs--St. Jerome's like Origen's were self-inflicted for focus on the new Christianity!Marcus Billsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11308066836427766909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577091962812282559.post-34770862374309446412014-06-21T03:25:40.575-07:002014-06-21T03:25:40.575-07:00So he put his 'balls', his testosterone et...So he put his 'balls', his testosterone etc into his translation work, rather than keep it all in himself? Now that is what I would call transferance! Bearzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11288030980271753436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577091962812282559.post-51614339265316918982014-06-20T10:24:24.435-07:002014-06-20T10:24:24.435-07:00St. Jerome was really alone. He cut off his own b...St. Jerome was really alone. He cut off his own balls.<br />But that left him with enough testosterone to whack out a thundering Latin translation of the Bible.Marcus Billsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11308066836427766909noreply@blogger.com