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'we are prisoners neither of our genes nor of the ideas we encounter as we each make our personal and individual way through life'

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and cultural influences of this form of Christianity that has been historically significant in Western culture

Monica Numbers 'we are prisoners neither ofRarely did ancient authors write about the lives of women; even more rarely did they write about the lives of ordinary women: not queens or heroines who influenced war or politics, not sensational examples of virtue or vice, not Christian martyrs or ascetics, but women of moderate status, who experienced everyday joys and sorrows and had everyday merits and failings. Such a woman was Monica now Saint Monica because of her relationship with her son