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{{Quote|"So it is evident that each of the classes spoken of must have moral virtue, and that restraint is not the same in a man as in a woman, nor justice or courage either, as Socrates thought; the one is the courage of a ruler, the other a courage of a servant, and likewise with the other virtues."|Arist., ''Politica'', trans. T.A Sinclair, Third Edition (1992), Penguin, London, I, XIII, 1260a17.}} | {{Quote|"So it is evident that each of the classes spoken of must have moral virtue, and that restraint is not the same in a man as in a woman, nor justice or courage either, as Socrates thought; the one is the courage of a ruler, the other a courage of a servant, and likewise with the other virtues."|Arist., ''Politica'', trans. T.A Sinclair, Third Edition (1992), Penguin, London, I, XIII, 1260a17.}} | ||
{{Quote|"For example, the poet [Sophocles] singles out 'silence' as 'bringing credit to a woman'; but that is not so for a man."|Arist., ''Politica'', trans. T.A Sinclair, Third Edition (1992), Penguin, London, I, XIII, 1260a28.}} | {{Quote|"For example, the poet [Sophocles] singles out 'silence' as 'bringing credit to a woman'; but that is not so for a man."|Arist., ''Politica'', trans. T.A Sinclair, Third Edition (1992), Penguin, London, I, XIII, 1260a28.}} | ||
{{Quote|"Again, the | {{Quote|"Again, the lack of control over Spartan women is detrimental both to the attainment of the aims of the constitution and to the happiness of the state. For just as a man and woman are each part of a household, so we should regard a state also as divided into two parts approximately equal numerically, one of men, one of women. So in all constitutions were the position of women is ill-regulated, one half of the state may be regarded as not properly legislated for. And that is what has happened in Sparta. For there the lawgiver (Lycurgus), whose intention it was that the whole state should be tough, has obviously shown toughness himself as far as the man are concerned, but has been negligent over the women. For at Sparta women live intemperately, enjoying every license and indulging in every luxury.|Arist., ''Politica'', trans. T.A Sinclair, Third Edition (1992), Penguin, London, II, IX, 1269b12-22.}} | ||
{{Quote|"Hence this characteristic existed among the Spartans, and in the time of their empire many things were controlled by the women; what difference does it make whether women rule, or the rulers are ruled by women? The result is the same."|''Politics, Book II''}} | {{Quote|"Hence this characteristic existed among the Spartans, and in the time of their empire many things were controlled by the women; what difference does it make whether women rule, or the rulers are ruled by women? The result is the same."|''Politics, Book II''}} | ||