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Do Philosopher Queens Exist?

You know how it goes… all ancient men hated women. Right? And Socrates… well, he was a terrible husband. So surely that means he wouldn’t have anything nice to say about the ‘fairer’ sex. And then, there is the Woman Question… It’s a scene in Plato’s Republic…. The debate between Glaucon and Socrates is over