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Women in Political Thought

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

Helen Pringle
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Abstract

The argument of this paper is that texts in the history of political thought are rather more loquacious on the question of women than has often been supposed. The argument is developed using examples from Plato's Republic, notably the sections on injustice and tyranny. The paper concludes by suggesting the general implications of its approach for the concerns and style of political theory, particularly as to the importance of understanding symbolic and mythic elements in works of political thought.

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Hypatia , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , Summer 1993 , pp. 136 - 159
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Copyright © 1993 by Hypatia, Inc.

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