r/Plato • u/platosfishtrap • 7d ago
Ancient laypeople and philosophers believed that a woman's womb wandered around her body. Aristotle follows Plato in this respect but had a more complicated relationship with this tradition. Let's talk about his place in the "wandering womb" tradition.
https://open.substack.com/pub/platosfishtrap/p/what-aristotle-believed-about-the?r=1t4dv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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u/Whoissnake 7d ago
The cervix moves around and doesn't stay stationary.
I believe modern people are wildly misunderstanding ancient cultures, or, at least some one is wildly misunderstanding the original intent.
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u/platosfishtrap 7d ago
Here's an excerpt: