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Adso of Melk: Master? Have you ever been in love?William of Baskerville: In love? Yeah, many times.Adso of Melk: You were?William of Baskerville: Yes, of course. Aristotle, Ovid, Vergil...Adso of Melk: No, no, no. I meant with a...William of Baskerville: Oh. Ah. Are you not confusing love with lust?Adso of Melk: Am I? I don't know. I want only her own good. I want her to be happy. I want to save her from her poverty.William of Baskerville: Oh, dear.Adso of Melk: Why "oh dear"?William of Baskerville: You *are* in love.Adso of Melk: Is that bad?William of Baskerville: For a monk, it does present certain problems.Adso of Melk: But doesn't St. Thomas Aquinas praise love above all other virtues?William of Baskerville: Yes, the love of God, Adso. The love of God.Adso of Melk: Oh... And the love of woman?William of Baskerville: Of woman? Thomas Aquinas knew precious little, but the scriptures are very clear. Proverbs warns us, "Woman takes possession of a man's precious soul", while Ecclesiastes tells us, "More bitter than death is woman".Adso of Melk: Yes, but what do you think, Master?William of Baskerville: Well, of course I don't have the benefit of your experience, but I find it difficult to convince myself that God would have introduced such a foul being into creation without endowing her with *some* virtures. Hmm? How peaceful life would be without love, Adso, how safe, how tranquil, and how dull.

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