“ Women, as a class, are supposed not to have hitherto been equal in intellect to men, therefore they are necessarily inferior. ”
John Stuart Mill, A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (1843). copy citation
Author | John Stuart Mill |
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Source | A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive |
Topic | women intellect |
Date | 1843 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27942/27942-h/27942-h.html |
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“maxims for which the following may serve as the universal formula, “Whatsoever has never been, will never be.” As for example: negroes have never been as civilized as whites sometimes are, therefore it is impossible they should be so. Women, as a class, are supposed not to have hitherto been equal in intellect to men, therefore they are necessarily inferior. Society can not prosper without this or the other institution; e.g., in Aristotle's time, without slavery; in later times, without an established priesthood, without artificial distinctions of rank, etc.”
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