SCHOPENHAUER, hostile to Life, 11; the masculinity of his mother, 158; on woman as the voice of the species, 178; his conclusions vitiated by his failure to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy, 213 _n._; on woman’s cunning, 304 _n._; his unfortunate relationship to his mother, 316; on harm done to modern society by woman’s influence, 330 _n._ SEDUCER, the, who gives a girl a child more merciful than he who does not, 254 _n._ SELF-CONTROL, that, which arises from strength, 70; the so-called, of the negative young man, 91; not responsible for the chastity of English courting couples, 95; a euphemistic name for lack of virility, 167; in sex a counsel for wax figures, 175; the vain boast of negative spinster, 257 SELFISH, a meaningless term, 197 SENSUALITY, necessary in woman, 340-4; but should be controlled, 343 SEX, the necessary counterpart of death, 3; incompatible with Eternal Life, 4, 5; necessary for Mortal Life, 6, 8 SEXUAL ACT, man’s attitude towards the, 70, 71; alone insufficient for woman, 76 SOCIAL instinct, creates society, 62; positiveness towards, in woman denotes decline of woman, 66; leads man to support woman and children, 68; keeps sexual instinct in control, 70 SOCRATES, unhappy married life of, 143 SOUL, the pernicious doctrine of the pure, 101, 102 _n._ SPENCER, HERBERT, right regarding children of large families, 21; ruled by social instinct, 45