Quote by Clement of Alexandria
“Mais la chair et le sang qui est en elle sont arrosés de lait, en retour de ce qu'ils le produisent, et lui doivent une nouvelle reproduction. Car la formation de l'enfant, dans le sein de sa mère, a lieu par suite du mélange de la semence de l'homme avec le sang de la femme, après la purification mensuelle. Cette semence a la faculté de réunir le sang en globules autour d'elle, comme la presure fait coaguler le lait, et forme enfin une substance, qui devient le corps de l'enfant, ni trop froide, ni trop ardente ; une nature bien tempérée est généralement productive ; les tempéraments dont les qualités sont extrêmes, sont une cause de stérilité. C'est ainsi que le grain pourrit dans une terre trop délayée par les eaux, et qu'il se flétrit dans une terre excessivement sèche. Au contraire, une terre où les sucs abondent, ni trop humide, ni trop ferme, conserve le grain et le fait pousser. Quelques naturalistes établissent que la semence des animaux est l'écume de leur sang. Aussi Diogène Apolloniate a appelé ces opérations aphrodisia, mot qui veut dire provenant de l'écume.”
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His parents were pagans, and Clement was a convert to Christianity. In the Protrepticus he displays an extensive knowledge of Greek mythology and mystery religions, which could only have arisen from the practise of his family's religion.
Having rejected paganism as a young man due to its perceived moral corruption, he travelled in Greece, Asia Minor, Palestine and Egypt. Clement's journeys were primarily a religious undertaking. In Greece, he encountered an Ionian theologian, who has been identified as Athenagoras of Athens; while in the east, he was taught by an Assyrian, sometimes identified with Tatian, and a Jew, who was possibly Theophilus of Caesarea.
In around 180, Clement reached Alexandria, where he met Pantaenus, who taught at the Catechetical School of Alexandria. Eusebius suggests that Pantaenus was the head of the school, but it is controversial whether the institutions of the school were formalized in this way before the time of Origen. Proponents of a formalized leadership and succession suggest that Clement succeeded Pantaenus as leader of the school, and was succeeded himself by Origen. Clement studied under Pantaenus, and was ordained to the priesthood by Pope Julian before 189. Otherwise, virtually nothing is known of Clement's life in Alexandria. He may have been married, a conjecture supported by his writings. Clement's diet is also unknown, but he said some things that look down upon eating flesh such as, "It is good...neither to eat flesh" and that even the fumes from cooked flesh "darken the soul"; however he said non-vegetarians aren't sinning except in certain circumstances such as those who eat flesh with "gluttony" and he was not opposed to all instances of eating meat.
During the Severian persecutions of 202–203, Clement left Alexandria. In 211, Alexander of Jerusalem wrote a letter commending him to the Church of Antioch, which may imply that Clement was living in in Cappadocia at that time. The date and location of his death are unknown.