Thomas Aquinas:

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.

— Thomas Aquinas Medieval

Catholic philosopher and theologian

Commentary on the Sentences, Book 2, d. 20, q. 1, a. 1, ad 2

c. 1252-1256

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