Aristotle on marriage

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If any would know why a woman is sooner barren than a man, they may be assured that the natural heat, which is the cause of generation, is more predominant in the man than in the woman ; for since a woman is more moist than a man, as her monthly purgations demonstrate, as also the softness of her body ; it is also apparent that he does not much exceed her in natural heat, which is the chief thing that concocts the humours in proper aliment, which the woman wanting grows fat ; whereas a man, through his native heat, melts his fat by degrees and his humours are dissolved ; and by the benefit thereof are converted into seed. And this may also be added, that women, generally, are not so strong as men, nor so wise or prudent ; nor have so much reason and ingenuity in ordering affairs ; which shows that thereby the faculties are hindered in operations.


Another acient unrelated scholary work where Peat is proved right and thyroid (heat) is the ordering principle of the humors (blood, mitochondrial function etc) and a lack of thyroid can lead to disorder both in mind(Depression) and body (obesity).

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Have you checked your thyroid incel? If not, make sure you do. Aristotle himself suffered from hypothyroidism.