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The riddle traditionally attributed to the Sphinx is an expression of man's curiosity turned upon himself

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curiosity has the same status in the myths of the garden of Eden and the Tower of Babel
- it is a Sin.


texto: Bion,1963 "elements of psychoanalysis"
imagem: Moreau, 1864, "Oedipus and the Sphinx"

Unfortunately the problem is complicated by a fact...that the analytic procedure itself is precisely a manifestation of the curiosity which is felt to be an intrinsic component of the disaster

texto: Bion,1957 "On Arrogance"