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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 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, main crafter of Sparta's constitution], 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|"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, main crafter of Sparta's constitution], 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|"An inevitable result under such a constitution [as the Spartan's] is that esteem is given to wealth, particularly in cases where the men are dominated by the women; and this is a common state of affairs in the military and warlike races, though not among the Celts and other races where male homosexuality is esteemed. Indeed it seems the first person to relate the myth of a union between Ares and Aphrodite did not lack some rational basis for it: certainly all such people seem compulsively attracted by sexual relations, either with males or with females. This is why that state of affairs prevailed among the Spartans, where in the days of their supremacy a great deal was managed by women. And what is the difference between women ruling and rulers ruled by women? The result is the same."|Arist., ''Politica'', trans. T.A Sinclair, Third Edition (1992), Penguin, London, II, IX, 1269b23-36.}} | {{Quote|"An inevitable result under such a constitution [as the Spartan's] is that esteem is given to wealth, particularly in cases where the men are dominated by the women; and this is a common state of affairs in the military and warlike races, though not among the Celts and other races where male homosexuality is esteemed. Indeed it seems the first person to relate the myth of a union between Ares and Aphrodite did not lack some rational basis for it: certainly all such people seem compulsively attracted by sexual relations, either with males or with females. This is why that state of affairs prevailed among the Spartans, where in the days of their supremacy a great deal was managed by women. And what is the difference between women ruling and rulers ruled by women? The result is the same."|Arist., ''Politica'', trans. T.A Sinclair, Third Edition (1992), Penguin, London, II, IX, 1269b23-36.}} | ||
{{Quote|"If, as has been said earlier, the position of [Spartan] women is wrong, not only does it look like a blot on the constitution in itself, but it seems to contribute some thing to the greed for money; for one might go on next to attack the Spartan inequality of property-ownership."|Arist., ''Politica'', trans. T.A Sinclair, Third Edition (1992), Penguin, London, II, IX, 1270a11.}} | |||
==Circa 300 BC-400 AD: The Jataka Tales== | ==Circa 300 BC-400 AD: The Jataka Tales== | ||