f god and the church. Eve took and ate from the sacred tree in the Garden of Eden to gain god's knowledge just as Faustus is willing to sell his soul for all of the knowledge that he can possibly attain. In both cases we are given the message that it is wrong to want all of the knowledge that is possible to attain – especially all of the knowledge that god posses. With Eve we know that it is wrong because god has cast mankind out of paradise for her sin. The sin of trying to defy nature and be on the same level a
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