Bodily Fluids in Antiquity
Medical and philosophical theories of generation from the classical world are often classified according to whether the female as well as the male produces ‘seed’, the fluid substance which does the most important work in procreation. Aristotle is usually identified as the most influential proponent...
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| description | Medical and philosophical theories of generation from the classical world are often classified according to whether the female as well as the male produces ‘seed’, the fluid substance which does the most important work in procreation. Aristotle is usually identified as the most influential proponent of the ‘one-seed model’, while Galen champions the ‘two-seed’ cause, and the debate between them continues to matter for centuries. At stake here is not just theoretical efficiency – how well the full complexities of parental resemblance are accounted for by the contending notions, for example — but also, it has been suggested, politics and patriarchy. Two seeds are better, more egalitarian, than one: the female role in generation is more positively valued in this model. This chapter will argue that, not only this characterisation, but the division itself, is misleading: particularly if viewed from a fluid perspective. Another way must be found to understand the key concepts involved in these foundational ancient debates about human procreation. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-817852025-03-14T11:38:23Z Bodily Fluids in Antiquity Bradley, Mark Leonard, Victoria Totelin, Laurence Medicine / The body / Identity / Gender / Sexuality / Ancient Egypt / Greece / Rome / Byzantium / Persia / Reception / Sensory turn / Emotions / Classical literature / Ancient religion Medical and philosophical theories of generation from the classical world are often classified according to whether the female as well as the male produces ‘seed’, the fluid substance which does the most important work in procreation. Aristotle is usually identified as the most influential proponent of the ‘one-seed model’, while Galen champions the ‘two-seed’ cause, and the debate between them continues to matter for centuries. At stake here is not just theoretical efficiency – how well the full complexities of parental resemblance are accounted for by the contending notions, for example — but also, it has been suggested, politics and patriarchy. Two seeds are better, more egalitarian, than one: the female role in generation is more positively valued in this model. This chapter will argue that, not only this characterisation, but the division itself, is misleading: particularly if viewed from a fluid perspective. Another way must be found to understand the key concepts involved in these foundational ancient debates about human procreation. 2022-05-21T04:01:16Z 2022-05-21T04:01:16Z 2022-05-20T10:06:30Z 2021 book OCN: 1227867630 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/54633 9781138343726 9780367764067 9780429438974 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/81785 eng open access Taylor & Francis Routledge fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Chapter 10 One-seed, two-seed, three-seed? 9781138343726 9780367764067 9780429438974 Routledge open access |
| spellingShingle | Medicine / The body / Identity / Gender / Sexuality / Ancient Egypt / Greece / Rome / Byzantium / Persia / Reception / Sensory turn / Emotions / Classical literature / Ancient religion Bodily Fluids in Antiquity |
| title | Bodily Fluids in Antiquity |
| title_full | Bodily Fluids in Antiquity |
| title_fullStr | Bodily Fluids in Antiquity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bodily Fluids in Antiquity |
| title_short | Bodily Fluids in Antiquity |
| title_sort | bodily fluids in antiquity |
| topic | Medicine / The body / Identity / Gender / Sexuality / Ancient Egypt / Greece / Rome / Byzantium / Persia / Reception / Sensory turn / Emotions / Classical literature / Ancient religion |
| topic_facet | Medicine / The body / Identity / Gender / Sexuality / Ancient Egypt / Greece / Rome / Byzantium / Persia / Reception / Sensory turn / Emotions / Classical literature / Ancient religion |
| url | OCN: 1227867630 |