... to claim that the stories are totally free of conviction towards freely gratifying sexual desire, it is not at least to say that they were to a very large extent. The theme of lustful attraction and ensuing sexual intercourse is played over and over throughout the book without second thought from the characters, except on occasion only for the purpose of figuring ... a philosophical argument we only have a compilation of stories. Therefore, Boccaccio's personal beliefs must be interpreted through identification of currents of thought within the various stories. I was able to find one re...

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