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Page 87
... Satan's offers , but that he will accept the role of Adversary which Satan assigns to him - that he will see his choices , even for an instant , in satanic terms . It is not his in- tegrity that Satan hopes to destroy , but his ...
... Satan's offers , but that he will accept the role of Adversary which Satan assigns to him - that he will see his choices , even for an instant , in satanic terms . It is not his in- tegrity that Satan hopes to destroy , but his ...
Page 88
... Satan does not expect him to , but he might be goaded into punishing a blasphemous outrage . Satan again tempts Christ to act as he would himself : to accept the role of Adversary long enough to damn Satan for eternity , to wield then ...
... Satan does not expect him to , but he might be goaded into punishing a blasphemous outrage . Satan again tempts Christ to act as he would himself : to accept the role of Adversary long enough to damn Satan for eternity , to wield then ...
Page 96
... Satan " now shall know I can produce a man / Of female Seed , far abler to resist / All his solicitations " ( I , 150-52 ) . Jesus ' resistance takes form as total submission , which is no part of Satan's world . Repeatedly unsuccessful ...
... Satan " now shall know I can produce a man / Of female Seed , far abler to resist / All his solicitations " ( I , 150-52 ) . Jesus ' resistance takes form as total submission , which is no part of Satan's world . Repeatedly unsuccessful ...
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the circle as figural space | 25 |
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