Aristotle 3

Title: Aristotle 3
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Aristotle 3

Aristotle’s Successful Attack on Socrates’ Proposal: Should Women and Children Be Held in Common? In Aristotle’s Politics, Aristotle successfully criticizes Socrates’ proposal of “having wives and children in common”(Plato 449d) by pointing out a number of flaws in Socrates’ proposal. In the following pages, I will explain the view held by Socrates that women and children should be held in common as well as the reasoning behind his view as reported in …showed first 75 words of 1157 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1157 total…not even promote unity, and even sarcastically remarks “how much better it is to the real cousin of somebody than to be a son after Plato’s fashion.”(Aristotle 1262a14) Aristotle also points out more technical reasons that really show that Socrates’ proposal is flawed. In assessing Aristotle’s criticisms of Socrates’ proposal to hold women and children in common, it is clear that Aristotle has successfully proven the proposal to be impractical and undesirable.

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