SENECA ON MEN AND WOMEN Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
Q
For what could be more pleasant then to be so dear to a wife that because of this
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You become dearer to yourself
2
Q
In rivaling male indulgences they have also rivaled the
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Ills to which men are heirs
3
Q
They play the part
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Of men
4
Q
They were created to feel love
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Passively
5
Q
Liz Gloyn
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Seneca thinks that women have the same capacity of virtue as men
6
Q
Anna Motto
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We find Seneca often condemning feminine luxury and feminine lust
7
Q
Anna Motto
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He seems to view women as a lesser mortal, weaker and fragile creatures in the system of nature