Foreword vii
Part I. The Formation of a New Experience 1
1. Creation, Procreation 3
2. The Laborious Baptism 37
3. The Second Penance 58
4. The Art of Arts 79
Part II. Being Virgin 111
1. Virginity and Continence 117
2. On the Arts of Virginity 135
3. Virginity and Self-Knowledge 158
Part III. Being Married 191
1. The Duty of Spouses 193
2. The Good and the Goods of Marriage 221
3. The Libidinization of Sex 256
Appendices 287
Notes 325
Bibliography 385
Translator’s Note 379