[PW] ? "Inter Faeces..." Quote (Quotation Query #640)

[Nichael Cramer]

Fred Shapiro wrote:
>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.

This is a little circuitous, but Ernest Becker gives the quote --in 
English translation--
in _Denial of Death_  p. 33 and his citation (Ch 3, n10)  is "Freud 
_Civilization and its
Discontents_, 1930 (London: The Hogarth Press, 1969 edtion), p. 43".

No idea if this is intended to be a primary source, though.

Hope this helps,
Nichael



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