Existing comment:
c. 330 BC
Politics
1496 edition in Latin
The long and uneven path to freedom and equality can be traced in some respects to the Greek philosopher Aristotle, whose rational approach to understanding the world shaped and influenced modern thought. But Aristotle and many other great thinkers of the past would not be recognized today as particularly enlightened, given their advocacy of slavery and censorship, and their belief in the inferiority of women. |