Author of quotes: Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

As evidence of his point of view Heinrich Agrippa argued from the literary works of philosophers and the Church fathers, and even from the Bible. For example, it was argued that the woman is the crown of God's creation, since God created woman, and didn't create anything. Only woman God made flesh and man, like everything else - from the ashes. God gave a woman greater ability to speech, because speech is a gift of God to man. When God forbids man to eat of the fruit of knowledge, the woman still was not at that time established and, therefore, innocent. God hid the woman's nature, while the male - exposed, so punishing gamehouseplay...

Men in their tverdenii actually resolved largely around women, as once the Jews were allowed to divorce. But the dignity of women because in no way prejudiced, and women have the right to judge men, if they are weak and wrong - because the Queen of Sheba judged the men of Jerusalem.

But the boundless tyranny of men, rejecting the divine right and the laws of nature, took unfair stipulations in women former freedom, now completely forgotten - women are taught from childhood not to think about freedom. <...> Humiliated current law, women suffered a defeat in the war with men and are forced to concede to the winner; and not from natural or divine necessity, habit, upbringing, faith, and a tyrannical coincidence.

And who'd be strong enough for proper praise that should be given to women: they hold everything in them - the life of the human race, without them, and the human race will die out; to them, any family, any country.

No matter how good and successful orator, any slut is much better able to convince anyone. Whether syschetsya a mathematician that was able to cheat a woman, upon payment of the debt? Any musician like if she was singing and sweet voice? Philosophers, soothsayers and astrologers often inferior if not in dark speeches; and the predictions of the village women? Grandma is often no more useful than a doctor?

Women, on the contrary, all liberal arts and all the virtues and good deeds owe their prosperity; no wonder the names of the arts and virtues, all feminine. It is remarkable that even part of the circle of the earth are named after women: the name of the nymph Asia, the name of Europe, daughter of Agenor, of the name of Libya, daughter Apapa, which is also called Africa.

After all, a bad wife can only happen from bad husbands and bad husbands if you come across a good wife, they often become nasty because of the vices of men.

Among other things, the superiority, integrity and innocence of a female convincingly provable, at least the fact that all the troubles come from men and not from women. Because perfotec Adam first transgressed the law of the Lord, closed the gates of heaven <...> was the Firstborn of Adam, the first hater, the first murderer, the first fratricide, the first desperate of the mercy of God opened the gates of the Underworld. The first bigamist Lamech was the first drunk - Noah, the first bared the shame of his father Noah's son ham, the first tyrant and an idolater was Nimrod, the first unfaithful husband - man, the first wicked Sivokobilska - man, men also first entered into an Alliance with the demons and came up with black magic. The sons of Jacob - because they are men - first sold brother, the Egyptian Pharaoh killed the children first, men first steeped in pleasures contrary to nature, than glorified Sodom and Gomorrah, the once glorious city, who died for the sins of men. Men everywhere know without knowing the limit to pleasures, they are bigamists, the polygamists, had many concubines, cheating on his wife, adultery.

All such evidence can be supplemented by some signs of animal nature: for example, bird Queen, and the noblest of all birds, the eagle, is always female, never male; and Phoenix, a beautiful bird of Egypt, as reported, always female. On the contrary, the king among serpents, called the Basilisk, the most pernicious of all poisonous reptiles, only a male and a female he can not be born.

We know that the most vicious and the worst of all creations - man: if Judas, who betrayed Christ, of whom Christ says: "For this man, it would be better if he wasn't born," or some Antichrist even worse than Judas, in whom shall dwell all the power of Satan. The Scripture reported about many of the men sentenced to eternal punishment, but nowhere is it mentioned none of the convicted woman.

And if after Aristotle somebody mind all de beings the males are stronger, wiser and nobler than females, rather to recall the words of best teachers of the Apostle Paul: "God chose the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and weak things of the world hath God chosen to confound the strong; and base things of the world and the despised, and nothing, God chose to abolish the meaning".

The blessing thus given through the woman and act through man, the law of wrath and curse: after all, the man was forbidden to eat the fruit from the tree, and the woman is not - God had not yet created it: that is, He initially wanted the woman freedom, and, therefore, was the sin of man, having tasted of the tree, but not a woman, a man brought death, but not a woman. We all have sinned in Adam, not in eve, and original sin we inherit not from woman the mother, but from men of the forefather. Because the ancient law required men to be circumcised, apparently to the penalty for original sin has undergone the sex that had sinned.
A woman of God vinyl is not that ate from the tree, she was led into sin by the husband, but unintentionally, being tempted by the devil. So the man sinned knowingly, and unwittingly deceived by a woman.

And because Solomon in Proverbs calls it the "crown of her husband", Paul - "the glory of man": and glory is the completion, perfection and bliss when there is nothing more complete to perfect perfection. So, the wife is the completion, perfection, happiness, the blessing and the glory of the man, says Augustine, "the first Union in this mortal life." Therefore, man is obliged to love her, and if not loves or despises his wife, then he is not virtuous, is not pleasant, and simply not helpful.

Hesiod considers it the greatest treasure of the human race. Well, in speech, the woman isn't better than men? It is much more eloquent and mogoricheva! Aren't we all people learn the first words from mothers or nurses? Nature itself, architect of the universe, wisely taking care of the human race, gave the women's tribe this gift - it is rare to find a silent woman.