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Question 99 — The Condition of the Offspring as to the Body

We must now consider the condition of the offspring—first, as regards the body; second, as regards virtue; third, in knowledge.

Under the first head there are two points of inquiry:

(1) Whether in the state of innocence children would have had full powers of the body immediately after birth?

  • (2) Whether all infants would have been of the male sex?

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