Never underestimate the power of love.
Deformed men.
That’s what women were according to Aristotle. You know, Aristotle that Greek philosopher? The guy who they say is one of the greatest thinkers ever? The one known as the Father of Western Philosophy? Aristotle, who wrote, “The male is by nature superior and the female inferior.” Aristotle, who said, “The courage of a man lies in commanding, a woman’s lies in obeying.”
Well, there’s something about Aristotle he might not want you to know. It’s a story that was wildly popular in the middle ages, and it’s all about a time when one of those deformed, inferior women got the best of him./.../
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Sources:
Alexander the Great: From His Death to the Present Day, John Boardman
Aristotle and Phyllis, George Sarton (Journal article) https://www.jstor.org/stable/224378?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
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