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Tallis in Wonderland

The Riddle of the Sphincter

Raymond Tallis reflects on embodiment.

We are all familiar with the so-called ‘Riddle of the Sphinx’, or think we are. There is, however, something more mysterious than that riddle. It is the Riddle of the Sphincter, or, more precisely, the Riddle of the Two Sphincters. But I am getting ahead of myself.

Oedipus & the Sphinx by Gustave Moreau.

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