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- To combat corruption, Plato's Socrates suggests that the rulers would live simply and communally. Contrary to societal values at the time, Socrates suggests that sex should not be a factor in deciding who should rule, so women as well as men can rule.
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Nov 17, 2018 · Plato is commonly credited with a much more enlightened view concerning the equality of women and their political rights than Aristotle. This is due to the fact that he acknowledges, in the Republic, the possibility that women possess abilities that are equal to...
- Dorothea Frede
- Dorothea.Frede@uni-hamburg.de
- 2018
Nov 19, 2015 · This chapter surveys the theories of gender and normative heterosexuality that subtend Plato’s understanding of the ethical capacities and civic roles appropriate for women to hold. It examines the social and political positions available to women in Magnesia, delineating the discontinuity between Plato’s normative philosophy of gender and ...
Abstract. Plato’s treatments of women are perplexing because they seem to justify both gender equality and female subordination. Faced with evidence of both, scholars typically ask whether Plato promotes gender equality or patriarchy rather than what a particular treatment of women means in the dialogue to which it belongs. This article seeks ...
Jun 22, 2019 · Plato and Aristotle defended different views on the nature of women and of their role in society. Learn what they said with these quotes.
- Andrea Borghini
Apr 1, 2003 · They point to Plato’s indifference to the needs of actual women in his own city, to Socrates’ frequent, disparaging remarks about women and “womanish” attitudes, and to the illiberal reasons Socrates offers for educating and empowering women.
creates gender equality by destroying both male and female identities, but especially the female. In her view Plato does succeed in rationalizing political life but only by annihilating all that is private and falsely. expelling whatever is not rational (including gender) from human nature (pp. 37-8, 40-1).
Aug 17, 2023 · This chapter surveys reactions to Plato’s famous proposal in the Republic to allow women to engage in military action and political rule in his ideal city.
