... some art or other practice, then we"ll say that art must be assigned to it" (454c). Plato admits that, on the whole, "woman is weaker than man," although Glaucon notes that "many women are better than many men in many things" (455e, 455d). Under the Platonic system, women are permitted ... after which they may conjugate as they wish, so long as no children are conceived. If conception does occur, the fetus is to be dealt with "on the understanding that there's to be no rearing for such a child" (459c). Most of Plato's argument is challenging to tackle in our time. ... weakness of the c...

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