{"id":5026,"date":"2009-03-09T12:57:59","date_gmt":"2009-03-09T12:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2009\/03\/09\/it-is-perhaps-societys-denial-of-our-own-dark\/"},"modified":"2009-03-09T12:57:59","modified_gmt":"2009-03-09T12:57:59","slug":"it-is-perhaps-societys-denial-of-our-own-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2009\/03\/09\/it-is-perhaps-societys-denial-of-our-own-dark\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>It is perhaps society&rsquo;s denial of our own dark eros that enrages and offends most when we see it demonstrated in others, for that denial surely perverts any attempt at self-knowledge, and forces the soul to assume a posture of balance and completeness that is false,lame, and ultimately unhealthy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class='attribution'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0882143654\/disinformation\/\">Amazon.com: Dark Eros: The Imagination of Sadism: Thomas Moore: Books<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is perhaps society&rsquo;s denial of our own dark eros that enrages and offends most when we see it demonstrated in others, for that denial surely perverts any attempt at self-knowledge, and forces the soul to assume a posture of balance and completeness that is false,lame, and ultimately unhealthy. 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