Many of the ancient philosophers thought the reason to be the core of humanity and wisdom, the most important characteristics.
<u>Plato’s </u><u>teachings divided the soul into three parts: will, appetite and reason</u>. These parts could clash (our earning and appetite could clash over reason or willpower clashes with the wants), <u>but to operate correctly reason should rule over all other aspects of a person's character</u>. Passion and spirit should never rule over human reason.
<u>Aristotle</u><u>, who was Plato’s student, adopted this idea</u>. He was the one who <u>defined people as rational animals</u> stating that what separates people from other creatures is exactly the<u> possibility to think reasonably. </u>
The Byzantine Empire was the eastern continuation of the Roman Empire after the Western Roman Empire's fall in the fifth century CE. ... Changes: The Byzantine Empire shifted its capital from Rome to Constantinople, changed the official religion to Christianity, and changed the official language from Latin to Greek.
She mostly blames men because she states that they have enough power to change it. Wollstonecraft blames the women’s upbringings for some of their problems also. You can read this passage for more info.
