Categories: Alternative conceptions
An example of an historical alternative conception:
"A wanton woman, or charismatic man, posses the same virtue as a lodestone , that of attraction. Diamonds, on the other hand, weaken the lodestone, and topaz weakens lust."
[According to Agrippa von Nettesheim]
Morris Berman (1981). The Reenchantment of the World. Cornell University Press.
