The Political Solution-7

When Glaucon objects (453 f) that this admission of woman to any office, provided she has passed the tests, violates the principle of the division of labor, he receives the sharp reply that division of labor must be by aptitude and ability, not by sex; 

if a woman shows herself capable of political administration, let her rule; 

if a man shows himself to be capable only of washing dishes, let him fulfil the function to which Providence has assigned him. 

Community of wives does not mean indiscriminate mating; 

rather there is to be strict eugenic supervision of all reproductive relations. 

The argument from the breeding of animals here starts its wandering career: if we get such good results in breeding cattle selectively for qualities desired, and from breeding only from the best in each generation, why should we not apply similar principles to the matings of mankind? (459).

A既是原因，又是结果：A results in B，and from C

[ 00’47” ] provided that (即便是) 

[ 01’00” ] violate the principle (违反原则) 

[ 01’40” ] aptitude and ability (能力) 

[ 02’11” ] discriminate (区分) 

[ 02’28” ] indiscriminate (不加区分) 

[ 04’14” ] providence (上帝的旨意) 

[ 04’24” ] assign somebody to something (把某事安排给某人去做) 

[ 05’04” ] mate (动物的交配) 

[ 05’50” ] there is to be (一定要有) 

[ 06’29” ] eugenic (优生学的) 

[ 08’12” ] cattle (小牛)