Which is unfortunate, really, for we could have done with wisdom from 50pc of all human beings that ever lived. Coming back to women and philosophy, some people (mostly women) hold women to be more practical than men. Could it be that as with music and poetry, women are the reason why men have been taking up philosophy? If you get a bad one, you will be a philosopher.” Note that there was no parallel advice to women, which tells its own little story. While Russell and Ayer took the advice very enthusiastically (they got married four times each), not all philosophers heeded Socrates.

Source: Pakistan Today September 10, 2018 06:22 UTC