Aristotle Quotes

A proper wife should be as obedient as a slave... The female is a female by virtue of a certain lack of qualities - a natural defectiveness.

Aristotle

• Wife
• Slave
• Female
• Obedient
• Defectiveness

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• A proper wife should be as obedient as a slave... The female is a female by virtue of a certain lack of qualities - a natural defectiveness.

  

  Aristotle
  • Wife
  • Slave
  • Female