Forbidden fruit
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| - | [[Image:Serpent as Lilith in Michelangelo Adam and Eve cycle of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling.jpg |thumb|right|200px|Detail of ''[[Adam and Eve: temptation and banishment (Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo)|Adam and Eve: temptation and banishment]]'' by [[Michelangelo]], showing the [[Serpent (symbolism)|serpent]].]] | + | {{Template}} |
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| - | Cover of the [[Nazi Germany]] [[1937]] [[Degenerate art]] [[exhibition]]. This exhibition is also a perfect illustration of the beneficial side-effects of [[censorship]]. Beneficial in the sense that any attempt at banning works of art, books or other cultural artifacts results in an aide to discerning [[culturati]] to seek out this [[forbidden fruit]] with zeal. Such has been the case with [[Video Nasties]], the [[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]] (the Catholic Index) and the [[Degenerate Art]] expo depicted above.]]{{Template}} | + | |
| The term "'''forbidden fruit'''" is a popular [[metaphor]] that describes any object of [[desire]] or [[illicit]] [[pleasure]] whose [[appeal]] is a direct result of the knowledge that cannot or should not be obtained or something that someone may want but cannot have. The phrase refers to the [[Book of Genesis]], where it is the fruit of the [[tree of knowledge of good and evil]] eaten by [[Adam and Eve]] in the [[Garden of Eden]]. As a result of eating this fruit, Adam and Eve lost their [[innocence]], began to know [[good and evil]], and were exiled from the garden where they were forced to adopt [[agriculture]] under less than desirable circumstances for a living. The concept of "knowing" good and evil can be best understood as being emotionally entangled with the struggle of determining the difference. | The term "'''forbidden fruit'''" is a popular [[metaphor]] that describes any object of [[desire]] or [[illicit]] [[pleasure]] whose [[appeal]] is a direct result of the knowledge that cannot or should not be obtained or something that someone may want but cannot have. The phrase refers to the [[Book of Genesis]], where it is the fruit of the [[tree of knowledge of good and evil]] eaten by [[Adam and Eve]] in the [[Garden of Eden]]. As a result of eating this fruit, Adam and Eve lost their [[innocence]], began to know [[good and evil]], and were exiled from the garden where they were forced to adopt [[agriculture]] under less than desirable circumstances for a living. The concept of "knowing" good and evil can be best understood as being emotionally entangled with the struggle of determining the difference. | ||
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The term "forbidden fruit" is a popular metaphor that describes any object of desire or illicit pleasure whose appeal is a direct result of the knowledge that cannot or should not be obtained or something that someone may want but cannot have. The phrase refers to the Book of Genesis, where it is the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil eaten by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. As a result of eating this fruit, Adam and Eve lost their innocence, began to know good and evil, and were exiled from the garden where they were forced to adopt agriculture under less than desirable circumstances for a living. The concept of "knowing" good and evil can be best understood as being emotionally entangled with the struggle of determining the difference.
The term most generally refers to any indulgence or pleasure that is considered illegal or immoral and potentially dangerous or harmful, particularly relating to such things as human sexuality (underage, extramarital, or otherwise), recreational drug use, and underage alcoholic beverage consumption.
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