Jansenism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jansenism) is a term I've only encountered in theological contexts--it's a predestinarian variety of Roman Catholicism that was especially influential in France. I'm not sure what "one of love's Jansenists" would be. The Jansenists were regarded as very stern and moralistic, so perhaps it connects to that somehow. Huh.
ETA: Or the key point may be the Jansenist idea (taken from Augustine) that the human will is innately corrupt and tends naturally towards evil rather than good.
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Date: 2010-01-11 23:24 (UTC)ETA: Or the key point may be the Jansenist idea (taken from Augustine) that the human will is innately corrupt and tends naturally towards evil rather than good.