... , he or she may be accustomed to ignoring Plato's messages. Sure, Plato was attempting a stab at humor, however, that does necessarily imply all of his ideas with respect to community structure are necessarily bad or wrong. A clear example of this is women's role in the community. Plato, of course, proposes that women, while being inferior to men, shall still participate in ... female inferiority on man's proposed physical and mental superiority. Archetypes and literature of the time undoubtedly had the greatest impact on his thoughts. In fact, Plato's beliefs in this matter parallel a d...

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