In the next few posts I will compare a statement from the pagan Greek philosopher Aristotle with a statement of one of the religious leaders I have posted statements from.
In this post I will compare one of Aristotle's statements with a statement of Roman Catholic Church father Thomas Aquinas.
Aristotle has said:
The male is by nature superior and the female inferior, and the one rules and the other is ruled.
Thomas Aquinas has said:
Good order would have been lacking by the human family if some were not governed by others wiser than themselves. So by such subjection woman is naturally subject to man, because in man the discretion of reason predominates.
My comment:
From the above statements we can learn that the Roman Catholic Church Father Thomas Aquinas' thinking was very like that of the pagan Greek philosopher Aristotle when discussing the subject of the roles of men and women. It is very obvious, therefore, that Thomas Aquinas was very influenced by past cultures in his understanding of the word of God when it is related to that subject, which in turn would have influenced the view of the Roman Catholic Church on the roles of men and women.
Read Part Two HERE
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