...while in the meantime, now that I am more occupied original: "occupatior." Agrippa refers to his busy professional life as a physician and historian at the court in Antwerp, contrasted with the leisure of his youth., I am devoted to perhaps better studies and am contemplating more serious matters.

Farewell, and hold me in your affection.

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ON THE NOBILITY AND EXCELLENCE OF THE FEMININE SEX

Since both sexes were made in the image and likeness of the Almighty and Greatest God—to whom it belongs to perform only that which is good—the difference between them is not so great as common people believe. Indeed, the soul of the man and the soul of the woman are entirely the same, nor has there been any difference in the distribution of the spirit.

The equality of the soul.

For woman has been granted the same mind, the same reason, the same power of speech, and she aims for the same end: eternal blessedness. Therefore, the difference between them is found only in the placement of the limbs and the shape of the body, through which the functions of nature are performed in various ways.

However, let us see if we can find something by which the feminine sex might be preferred over the masculine. This is not a matter of light importance original: "res haud levis momenti." Agrippa signals that his work is not merely a "paradox" or a joke, but a serious rhetorical and philosophical inquiry.; for if we consider the divine origin, the nobility of the name, the order of creation, the place of birth, and the very matter from which they were formed, we shall find that woman excels man in every way.