I fear that Tina Beattie (“Every human heart”, 14 October) draws her language from the myth of Original Sin. From an evolutionary point of view, desire is a survival mechanism and not a sign that we are fundamentally disordered by nature. Words like disorientation, concupiscence, lust and wounded are straight out of the St Augustine lexicon.
18 October 2017, The Tablet
Every human heart
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