... perception of good and evil, just and unjust" . Being such a political animal, man succumbs to a natural urge and pairs off with a woman, similarly, a master pairs with a slave to better enable life and then, in succession, a household, a village and a state is formed; the end-product here is, supposedly a ... nature a political animal. The consequences of such relations are thought to be entirely positive and include a system of justice, increased emphasis on morality and an illumination of the path to the good life. That man is by nature a political animal means in a minimum sense tha...

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... including every notion of Plato's in between. However, Plato did not right Republic to tell the ancient world what government should be like. He wrote it to say something about morality and goodness. As with many readers of Republic, Aristotle misunderstands the nature and purpose of Plato's text. To the reader, many of Plato's ideas appear radical and rather unorthodox and ... women, because, as Plato implies, the diversity offered by an equal share in the state between the sexes creates a stronger body. Plato's most apt pupil, Aristotle, while agreeing with his master that women are b...

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