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The term "concupiscence" in literature often represents more than mere sexual desire; it is imbued with moral and spiritual significance. In many religious writings, it denotes an innate tendency toward sinfulness and a perversion of natural human desire, as seen in scriptural passages that caution against yielding to its destructive allure [1, 2]. Meanwhile, in works like Paradise Lost, concupiscence is portrayed as a corrupting force within the soul, symbolizing both personal and societal downfall [3]. Authors such as Augustine further explore this concept by discussing its dual role as a natural human impulse and a spiritual vice that must be overcome to achieve personal redemption [4].
  1. James Chapter 4 The evils that flow from yielding to concupiscence and being friends to this world.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  2. For the bewitching of vanity obscureth good things, and the wandering of concupiscence overturneth the innocent mind. 4:13.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  3. And in our Faces evident the signes Of foul concupiscence; whence evil store; Even shame, the last of evils; of the first Be sure then.
    — from Paradise Lost by John Milton
  4. But while I am passing from the discomfort of emptiness to the content of replenishing, in the very passage the snare of concupiscence besets me.
    — from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine

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