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human
What did Aristotle mean when he said women's capacity to reason "lacks authority" (Politics 1.13)?

I'm still puzzling over this text. What does it mean?
gpt
The mention is very brief and his exact meaning is unclear, but it is typically interpreted in two ways:  1) Their rational capacity lacks authority over the non-rational part of their soul, i.e. women are naturally emotional; or 2) their rational capacity lacks the authority to command other people the way the male head of the household does, i.e. women are naturally obedient.