nture, and Thomas Aquinas. The Latin
translation of the complete classical text of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and the creation of
the commentaries on Aristotle's philosophical work by Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas
greatly changed the conceptual framework for the treatment of most sexual topics. Aristotle's
theories along with the interpretations of his medieval contemporaries added new physical,
biological and moral dimensions that were quickly recognized by the medieval masters of theology
and physiology. Aristotles theories on reproduction, production and nature of semen, the nature
of virtue and vice, the conceptions of temperance, and the sensitive issue pertaining to the nature
of pleasure were advocated by medieval scholars(Payer 10). Aristotle's classic misogynist
ideology substantiated the patristic and biblical prophesies adapted by medieval society
proclaiming 'women are inferior to men'(Bridenthal 144). The revival of Aristotle's philosophy,
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