The lawgivers wanted women to work in traditionally male occupations. Equally importantly, the lawgivers wanted men to work in traditionally female occupations.
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Lawgivers
Synonyms for "lawgivers" (5 found)
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Noun(1 words)
divine lawgiver
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Noun(2 words)
divine legislatorlawmaker
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Noun(2 words)
legislatorpolicy maker
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6 entriesancient lawgiversconstitutional lawgiversdivine lawgivershistorical lawgiversmodern lawgiversmythic lawgivers
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To subordinate the soul fundamentally to society or the individual to the state is sheer barbarism: the Greeks, sometimes invoked to support this form of idolatry, were never guilty of it; on the contrary, their lawgivers were always reforming and planning the state so that the soul might be perfect in it.
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