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Full Idea
It is necessary to look to the constitution in educating both women and children, if indeed it makes any difference to the excellence of a city that its children be excellent, and its women too.
Gist of Idea
Both women and children should be educated, as this contributes to a city's excellence
Source
Aristotle (Politics [c.332 BCE], 1260b14)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Politics', ed/tr. Reeve,C.D.C. [Hackett 2017], p.21
A Reaction
He consistently classes women as inferior, so it is a bit surprising to find that women need to be educated. They are not full citizens, but are part of the community, of which all parts need to be excellent.
| 22530 | Both women and children should be educated, as this contributes to a city's excellence [Aristotle] |
| 21083 | Women have no role in politics [Kant] |
| 21006 | If women share rights with men, they will exhibit similar virtues [Wollstonecraft] |
| 22785 | Even educated women are unsuited to science, philosophy, art and government [Hegel] |
| 20746 | One is not born, but rather becomes a woman [Beauvoir] |
| 21012 | Women are often treated like children, and not respected for their choices [Nussbaum] |
| 21125 | Liberals must respect family freedom - but families are the great oppressors of women [Nussbaum] |
| 23428 | Difference feminists say women differ fundamentally from men [Dobson] |
| 20751 | As a young girl assumes her status as feminine, she acts in a more fragile immobile way [Young,IM] |
| 20551 | Men have had the power to structure all of our social institutions [Swift] |