Men and women were not as they are now

“According to him [Plato], at the beginning of creation, men and women were not as they are now; there was just one being, who was rather short, with a body and a neck, but his head had two faces, looking in different directions. It was as if two creatures had been glued back to back, […]

from Paulo Coelho http://ift.tt/2gdJ3V7