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It's worth noting that Aristotle was not a disinterested commentator on Sparta: he loathed the relatively high amount of freedom Spartan women had compared to A
by chalst 5y ago
It's worth noting that Aristotle was not a disinterested commentator on Sparta: he loathed the relatively high amount of freedom Spartan women had compared to Athenian women, and went out of his way to argue that when bad things happened to Sparta it had resulted from this.
See, e.g., http://jsphfrtz.com/aristotles-interpretation-of-spartan-women-written-march-1-2004/ http://jsphfrtz.com/aristotles-interpretation-of-spartan-wom...
- orange_joe 5y agoYeah, he was super biased. For a number of reasons. I just kept it as a parenthetical because I think it’s fair to assume that they were relatively wealthy, more equal and powerful than their contemporaries, even if Aristotle is likely overstating the extent of these differences.