The Importance of Chastity in

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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