@ Tae Two Loves and Lucrece suggests ever and over again tha in cea ithelps {o bring about moral ease rather han moral or cea of ‘ducati, there sno sense rm the sory tat te solution ei ‘forming ther atte toward wadtonl ecnique, I scree {este tat fe erlton io be fod nw eformatin of he ous and pethology of mal edvaton Fel so tt Willbemore compatible th both aman eae ae ndividal Shintons of ecco. ‘While The History of he Tuo Loos very spc n terns of setts of adorn moral ear coniterbly tote vague and elusive wih gard ts suggestions or efons There ae nevertheless, sone hn, both inthe er ste re: evienttion atthe end of ie aan inthe nature of Aeneas Virtue or sett a5 they had ten 20 cel Before. Latend [isapproachistoevaluateal the parieulasot thet wn specie and very el sitation in elation othe genera moral pnp ‘at honour and reputation should take precedence ove Pat sion, Tele a much more independent and inva appreoch focthicsthan tradition allowed ee ofboth authonaive vores‘Tie Twotowess ferent approachIntrooucno a n ‘Te TwoLovess they sem to teach vce. Fly he observes hat peopl seem Aeneas Poggio ognized the inherent weakness in human incapable of recling th a lame when culty of aang vite. Moral situation demands they eatin isin concrete examples {elesmednotprenps snd stole nora bt ther diction ind Pons thal could be apple! all moral ses, uence an gence” Many ofthe anecdotes represented poem vat tions on specific exempin used by the amos Franlcan preacher ‘Bernardino of Sera Poggi lso adopted the oppose hor ‘ry legal choke, fan bof toil sn an elo peng, Tn moee general terms, the tal of Lcree and Eusihs ug ‘spproach to ethical releem similar to Poggi's Likenrmooucrow 5 lone would have epesentd fl for rligions fies Dat it Sciam of tal tin Wh ay he ey ‘A gona survey of Anas ther vertings from the same pe 5 asc nEs ee h tey ‘ted by image of moral disicstion and cis, where men and ‘omen ore costal fling vit tote overwhlning powererooucnon 7 constantly ments he weakness of human ature and remark ‘sith conceon the moral lay nd coruption he sees at every TDvelof socal. Interspersed with thee comietares on the Court ate her eters which oss intend on sues brought1 ergs neue, “The English ee and in follow ranean ken fom Bouin pe ae fem Boating "ri pei pe ain as rmoeucron a father's very strc observance of soca mores: "there a thi slawul out wedlock ts net a! Inappened the night is son Dalle between passion and “The more he dacebe, the more parallel emerge wih the tle of Lacrece ad Euras, ad between Aeneas and Euraio & particles Be explinsInthe sameway ashedoosin The History ofthe Tao Laver, Aenens ‘explores the psychologial dimension of moral deco, el = ‘eal the praca prablems of traditional tial dpi: a5 Inthe cat of Leroi and Eur, exemple Aeneas toward ie insead of vite ‘When read in the context ofthis extraordinary personal eoe- fession, The History of te Tao Lovers i evel co be fr ore 7 num ema atin na pee ng ‘Sinem wraps ou gue tn on Aten ‘Gis gue itunes ren urns mpc jean aegahomesh liacom ql waning eter arora, cmiaeten sine ope srro9uCTON " “he “eying eso expres in The istry of th Teo Loves Inds conanoton in ol another lotr which Aeneas wrote Ei you ‘guinea wit ove and return fo your snes, a You read fess" Thus according to Aeneas! own itrprettion,‘The History of th Teo Lovers represents dramatization of he many diferent sufferings of fatcvius love moral, pea 4d paychological—asa warning to is teaders apt where to these wesleaces into acount He bee ermooucron a philccophess adopt similar double standards when they exalt "a0 one had, Aeneas i crticsing the moral pilsophecs heir own standards but onthe other ‘Bp guns np a ages. ii Fa a ‘Mechs opin tdi ea bce ence ctalngrasnqcineromecnpecba seas“ ‘Dae Two Lovee technique for camousaging what werd langerows crisis d- ‘ied tt ee of Cian es. I heh ey ‘ay be, Aeneas altchs were sed aot cly at ence pen hers Bat ls aginst thse of his own day ~the Clay ad Inore generally the tis ofthe Chsch i "Se Fn Pl ah in (Rome 129, yp. IsrRopucnON s ‘The History of The History ofthe Tow Lovers: ‘The Role of Translation aut OBREN ‘even ashe was writing the Bull of Reration, Aeness seemed fo cope the ult of asking that his weeks be pul aside He wie in despair “But what shall be dore? The word ence fvrten tes wing i canoe becalle bac: Oh tat wht hes ‘Deen published could be bloted out." And indeed, Ae expected, the ale of Lucrece Sid nal corners of Europe: by the itd been arated in ain."