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For that which can foresee by the exercise of mind is by nature intended to be lord and master, and that which can with its body give effect to such foresight is a subject, and by nature slave; hence master and slave have the same interest. Now nature has distinguished between the female and the slave. For she is not stingy, like the smith who fashions the Delphian knife for many uses; she makes each thing for a single use, and every instrument is best made when intended for one and not for many uses.
虽然和公元前的人较真实在是没必要,但我不得不说这种有产公民男性才是政治权利参与者的史前陋习真的延续得实在是太久了。看纽约历史的时候,一直到 19 世纪初都还是“有产白人男性”才拥有参政权,1856 年扩展到所有“白人男性”。黑人和女性都要到 20 世纪了。