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he replied, “except that we treat the females
as weaker and the males as stronger.” “Is it possible,
then,” said I, “to employ any creature for the same ends
as another if you do not assign it the same nurture and
education?” “It is not possible.”
“If, then, we are to use the women for the same things as the men,
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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