“ but men are a degree higher in the scale of creation than women. ”
Montesquieu, Persian Letters (1721). copy citation
| Author | Montesquieu |
|---|---|
| Source | Persian Letters |
| Topic | creation women |
| Date | 1721 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by John Davidson |
| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Persian_Letters |
Context
“You see, my dear Ibben, that I have fallen in with the fashion of this country, where they are fond of defending extra-ordinary opinions, and of reducing everything to a paradox.The prophet has decided this question, and has settled the rights of both sexes.“Women,” he says, “ought to honor their husbands; and husbands, their wives: but men are a degree higher in the scale of creation than women.”
Paris, the 26th of the second moon of Gemmadi, 1713.
Letter 39 Hagi1 Ibbi to the Jew Ben Joshua, Mohammedan Proselyte, at Smyrna
It always seems to me, Ben Joshua, that prodigies always accompany the birth of extraordinary men, as if nature suffered a convulsion, and the celestial power could not bring forth without travail.”
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