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  1. Mar 2025
    1. never emberlucock or inpulregafize your spirits with these vain thoughts and idle conceits

      Rabelais explains that he doesn't want us to get so fed up with natural birth that we confuse our thoughts and beliefs. He goes on saying that the way Gargantua was born is possible with God. He knows it is out of the ordinary however to never "emerlucock or inpulregafize" our spirits. Things outside of ordinary could possibly happen if we believe God is in control. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781315758107/trickster-system-helena-bassil-morozow

    2. but a turd for him

      This phrase by Rabelais is a different form of human language. It is meant as a phrase of dismissal or similar to when one says to "Go to Hell." As many may know, Rabelais is known for many reasons with one being insults. Demonet, Marie-Luce. "Chapter 16 Rabelais and Language". A Companion to François Rabelais. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004460232_018 Web. https://davincirabelais.weebly.com/francois-rabelais.html https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/cqipfqy

  2. Jan 2025
    1. Then I’ll expose my mighty mystery. O women, if we would compel the men To bow to Peace, we must refrain–

      Lysistrata's "might mystery" is to refrain from having sex with the men so the war can end. This was used to show female solidarity and was a theme used by Aristophanes. This theme was provoked by the Peloponnesian war which is one of the reasonings for Aristophanes themes in his plays, and another focus is life in Athens. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aristophanes