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" there is no natural difference between the sexes, but in point of strength. When the entire sexes are compared together, the female is doubtless the inferior ; but in individuals, the woman has often the advantage of the man."* In this opinion I have... "
The works of Plato: a new and literal version, by H. Cary (H. Davis, G. Burges). - Page 476
by Plato - 1854
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Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volume 3

Dugald Stewart - Logic - 1827 - 414 pages
...The Sexes. ACCORDING to Plato (whose opinion I state in the clear and concise language of Mr. Gray,) "there is no natural difference " between the sexes, but in point of strength. When the en" tire sexes are compared together, the female is doubtless the " inferior ; but in individuals,...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

1827 - 576 pages
...sanctioned by Plato, and maintained by the most enlightened and judicious philosophers, that, " tbere is no natural difference between the sexes, but in point of strength. When the entire sexes are compared together, the female is doubtless the inferior; but in individuals,...
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Elements of Mental Philosophy, Volume 2

Thomas Cogswell Upham - Intellect - 1831 - 544 pages
...Sexes. According to Plato, (whose opinion I state in the clear and concise language of Mr. Gray,) " there is no natural difference between the sexes, but in point of strength. When the entire sexes are compared together, the female is doubtless the inferior ; but in individuals,...
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American Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated, Volume 1

1839 - 508 pages
...the same volume, he remarks — " In this opinion I have no doubt that Plato is in the right." That " there is no natural difference between the sexes, but in point of strength." . . " The intellectual and moral differences between the sexes, seem to me to be entirely the result...
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Chambers's Information for the People: A Popular Encyclopedia, Volume 2

William Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1853 - 858 pages
...chastened taste, and elegant and playful fancy. It was the opinion of Plato, that, with regard to the mind, there is no natural difference between the sexes, but in point of strength. " When the entire sexes are compared together," says he, " the female is doubtless the inferior hut...
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The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart: Elements of the philosophy of the ...

Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 452 pages
...SEXEs. According to Plato, (whose opinion I state in the clear and concise language of Mr. Gray,) " there is no natural difference between the sexes, but in point of strength. When the entire sexes are compared together, the female is doubtless the inferior ; but in individuals,...
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The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart, Volume 4

Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 452 pages
...8EXE& According to Plato, (whose opinion I state in the clear and concise language of Mr. Gray,) " there is no natural difference between the sexes, but in point of strength. When the entire sexes are compared together, the female is doubtless the inferior ; but in individuals,...
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Chambers's Information for the People, Volume 1

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 832 pages
...chastened taste, and elegant and playful fancy. It was the opinion of Plato, that, with regard to the mind, there is no natural difference "between the sexes "but in point of strength. ' When the entire sexes are compared together,' says he, 'the female is doubtless the inferior ; but...
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Notes on Aristophanes and Plato

Thomas Gray - English language - 1884 - 422 pages
...bodies of malefactors were exposed, so called. Ib. To Bop«ox.] See the Gorgias, p. 453. DE BEPUBLICA. BOOK V.* HEADS OF THE FIFTH DIALOGUE. P. 451. On the...to be alike, as are their employments in the state. * It is probable that this (the 5th) book of the HoXireiai and perhaps the 3rd. were written when Plato...
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The Works of Thomas Gray in Prose and Verse: Notes on Aristophanes and Plato

Thomas Gray - 1885 - 428 pages
...bodies of malefactors were exposed, so called. Ib. To Rofuov.] See the Gorgias, p. 453. DE EEPUBLICA. BOOK V.« HEADS OF THE FIFTH DIALOGUE. P. 451. On the education of the women. There is no natural diiference between the sexes, but in -point of strength ; their exercises, therefore, both of body...
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