The male semen intends to produce a complete human being, a man, but at times it does not succeed and produces a woman. A woman is, therefore, a mas occasionatus, a failed male.
Catholic philosopher and theologian
Commentary on Aristotle's On the Generation of Animals, following Aristotelian biology
c. 1260s
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Controversial"It is a greater sin to have sex with a woman who is not one's wife than to have sex with a beast."
Shocking"It is lawful to wage war, provided it be for a just cause, and by the authority of the sovereign."
Shocking"The inferiority of women lies not just in bodily strength but in force of intellect."
Controversial"It is clear that the male is more noble than the female. For the male is the principle of generation, and the female is the matter."
Shocking