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- From: karl_best@novell.com (Karl Best)
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- Subject: Re: Plato's Views on Women
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- Date: 9 Nov 92 14:52:47 GMT
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- In article <ISBELL.92Nov9074042@panther.ai.mit.edu> isbell@ai.mit.edu (Charles
- L Isbell) writes:
- > brian@quake.sylmar.ca.us (Brian K. Yoder) writes:
- > |No. I think that those who advocated such views were wrong. Perhaps you
- > |would like to continue to apply that reasoning and advocate "slave
- philosophy"
- > |and "serf philosophy". What kinds of deep philosophical insights do you
- > |think one acquires by being a woman, a slave, or a serf?
- >
- > A basic and personal understanding of what it means to be oppressed.
- > I suspect that many of those who have been homeless, for example, have
- > had their worldview shaped by such an experience.
- >
- > And real, hands-on experience--as opposed to simple theoretical
- > understanding--should not be underestimated. I think being pulled
- > over by a police officer and beaten near to death by a flashlight
- > provides a "deep philosophical insight" as it were that might not be
- > arrived at by other more cerebral means.
-
- This sure sounds a lot like sci.classics to me. How 'bout the rest of you?
-
- Time for the kill file.
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