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==1016–1041: Naropa==
==1016–1041: Naropa==
{{Quote|"Countless are woman's defects. My elephantine mind has fallen. Into the poisonous swamp of guile. So I must renounce the world."}}
{{Quote|"Countless are woman's defects. My elephantine mind has fallen. Into the poisonous swamp of guile. So I must renounce the world."}}
== 1150–1220: Andreas Capellanus ==
{{quote|Avoid greedy women. Prostitutes should be shunned. Peasants rarely love; they copulate like beasts; moreover, they should not be instructed in love, since it would distract them from their labors. If one should by chance fall in love with a peasant women, praise her elaborately and then "if you come upon a convenient place, do not hesitate to take what you want by force.<ref>http://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/special/authors/andreas/de_amore.bak</ref>}}


==1225–1274: Thomas Aquinas==
==1225–1274: Thomas Aquinas==
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