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Full Idea
Men and women who have shown conspicuous merit should qualify for all honours without distinction of sex.
Gist of Idea
Men and women should qualify equally for honours on merit
Source
Plato (The Laws [c.349 BCE], 802a)
Book Ref
Plato: 'The Laws', ed/tr. Saunders,Trevor J [Penguin 1970], p.289