"Misbegotten" Quotes from Famous Books
... would seem that the woman should not have been made in the first production of things. For the Philosopher says (De Gener. ii, 3), that "the female is a misbegotten male." But nothing misbegotten or defective should have been in the first production of things. Therefore woman should not have been made at that ... — Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) - From the Complete American Edition • Thomas Aquinas |