79 books
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35 voters
Procreation
131 books
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47 voters
224 books
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115 voters
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In fact this type of man who is devoted to the study of wisdom is always most unlucky in everything, and particularly when it comes to procreating children; I imagine this is because Nature wants to ensure that the evil of wisdom shall not spread further throughout mankind
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When nature gave all the animals their organs for conception, it equipped those organs with a special facility for creating pleasure, and the soul with a ‘marvellous and indescribable desire to make use of them.
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― Sex and Sensuality in the Ancient World
― Sex and Sensuality in the Ancient World
