Originally Posted by
Perumthachan
political philosophy was something that was developed centuries after. on a strictly philosophical perspective, arsitotle's view of politics was that it was natural growth of the community. in his works there is no mention of political conflicts. so, his views on politics cannot be comprehended with our present views of democracy or political reasoning, as for his views on women, yes, he did claim them to be inferior but that is in terms of their characteristics of being stubborn, loving, jealous, cunning when compared with men. on the other hand, aristitotle did have a good opinion of women who could place themselves above these. i think that is just an extension of aristotle developing on plato concepts. plato envisaged a society where men and women could be considered equal as both are equipped to develop rational thoughts. aristotle developed on this by dwelling into the characteristics of different women.