Those born eunuchs means in particular those who from birth lack the lowest level of love. Since then the first and intermediate stages are without a basis to rest on, they do not come into existence. If they do, these people are not interested in distinguishing between chastity and unchastity, both being to them matters of indifference. But there are many different kinds of people in this class. It is almost the same with those made eunuchs as with those born eunuchs. But since those who are made eunuchs are both men and women, they cannot help looking on conjugial love as a fantasy and its delights as a fairy-tale. If they have any such inclination, it becomes neuter,** being neither chaste nor unchaste. What is neuter has no name derived from one side or the other. * The numbers 151-156 are used twice in the first edition; the sections following 156 are here numbered 151r-156r. ** Reading neutrum, a necessary correction for mutum 'dumb', as the next sentence shows.