“While [Plato] affirmed with emphasis that the place of the individual in society should not be determined by birth or wealth or any conventional status, but by his own nature as discovered in the process of education, he had no perception of the uniqueness of individuals. For him they fall by nature into classes, and into a very small number of classes at that.” ShouldFallIndividualProcessWealthNumbersClassBirthPerceptionDeterminedConventionalUniquenessPlatoEmphasisSmall Numbers Book:Democracy and Education: Top American Authors Source: Democracy and Education: Top American Authors
“Culture and society determined sexual desirability as what makes us important so long that it's part of our sensibility from birth.Little girls know. From around 2 or 3, the pretty ones already know how and why they get attention. And how quickly they learn to play it. Use it. And how quickly the rest of us figure out we don't have it.” KnowsLittlesLongImportantPlayUseCultureGirlAttentionKnow HowFiguresBirthDeterminedSensibilityDesirability Author:Cris Mazza
“Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues and vices, and to have determined how good or how wicked that man shall be capable of being.” MenSeemsVirtueBirthCapableBoundsVicesDeterminedWicked Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld