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I have been reading Kierkegaard's Either Or and this part is particularly difficult for me to understand. Please explain this part to me.

Someone please explain this part to me from Either/Or by Kierkegaard

"Since sensuality in general is what is negated, it first comes into view, is first posited, through the act that excludes it by positing the opposite, positive principle. As a principle, power, a system in itself, sensuality was first posited with Christianity, and to that extent Christianity has introduced sensuality to the world."
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Kierkegaard is saying that Christianity, by defining itself in opposition to sensual desires and pleasures, has actually brought attention to and introduced the concept of sensuality to the world. Prior to Christianity, sensuality may not have been considered a distinct principle or system in and of itself. However, by defining itself in opposition to sensual desires and pleasures, Christianity has effectively posited sensuality as a principle or system worthy of opposition, and thus introduced it to the world. The negation of something is deeply related to the acknowledgement of that thing.