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Woman explained
A brief chapter advising the reader to study good women and ignore the rest, suggesting that true understanding of the sex comes from focusing on the best examples.
What happens
A brief chapter advising the reader to study good women and ignore the rest, suggesting that true understanding of the sex comes from focusing on the best examples.
Key passages
“Study good women and ignore the rest, For he best knows the sex who knows the best.”
Focus on virtuous women and disregard the others, because the one who knows the finest women understands the entire gender best.
The chapter's sole couplet offers a moralistic perspective on understanding women through selective study.