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Advice to Married Couples - Plutarch
Plutarch writes to a newly wed couple and goes through a list of 48
"Rules" on how to behave towards eachother and society in a proper
matrimonial manner.
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Buddha - Selected Writing on Women
The Ultimate Extinction of the Dharma Sutra
The Sutra of the Past Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva -- with Commentary by Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua, in America.
Selected Writings of Nichiren
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(On a) Good Wife - Aristotle, from Oikinomikos (ca. 330AD)
In the same fashion as Solomon's declaration of what makes
a wife of noble character, Aristotle describes what qualities a good wife ought to
seek after.
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The History of Rome (excerpts) - Titus Livius
There are a lot of truths in this story of women's rebellion in Ancient
Rome, and it is from here that we get the following famous quote by Cato
the Censor:
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"If you allow them to pull
away these restraints and wrench them out one after another, and finally
put themselves on an equality with their husbands, do you imagine that
you will be able to tolerate them? From the moment that they become your
fellows they will become your masters."
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The most remarkable thing I personally find about this story is the
striking similarities of the Ancient Roman Women's reaction to
suggestions that they ought to moderate their dress for the betterment
of society, and the Slut Walkers that exist in our modern day culture.
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Home Economics -- by F. Roger Devlin (PDF)
An excellent series of essays by independent scholar, F. Roger Devlin,
Ph D, that examines the underlying economic truths of marriage and the
family. An interesting theme Devlin touches on is the cultural changes
that resulted in the home turning from a place of production into a
place of consumption.
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The Masculine Principle (2013)
The Masculine Principle explores such topics as the historical
misogyny of religions, myths & legends and the civilizations related
to them, with a particular focus on Christianity and Western
Civilization's rise and decline. Sexuality, the nature of hypergamy and
Briffault's law are discussed in relation to the structure of society,
focusing on how the forces of the 19th Century Suffragette Movement
combined with Second Wave Feminism and Marxism have deconstructed the
pillars of Western Culture. An underlying theme is the Nature of Truth
and how it has changed through time as the Masculine Principle has been
displaced by the rising Feminine Principle.
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Nothing Higher to Live For: A Buddhist View of Romantic Love (2005) -- by Bhikkhu Nyanasabhano (Leonard Price)
"Practically nobody questions the supremacy of romantic love, which is
good enough reason to do a little poking around the foundations of its
pedestal. Who is entirely satisfied with the romance in his or her life?
Who has found the sublime rapture previously imagined? And if one has
actually found such a thing, does it last, or does it not rather change
and decline from the peak of ecstasy? And if it declines what becomes of
one's purpose in life? If a purpose is achieved it is no longer a
purpose; it can no longer guide or sustain us. Does one taste of nectar
satisfy us forever?"
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If we don't live for love we won't die for it either."
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de Officiius - Cicero (Excerpts)
In these two brief excerpts, Cicero tells of the Black Widow wife of
Alexander of Pherae and how true generosity is different from the wealth
displayed by offering bread and circuses to the crowd.
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Principles of Seduction (2003)
Women are sick! That's the general thrust of the Bonecrker, who was the
principle author of this brief but brilliant work. Mapping out "their
disease" and adjusting your life accordingly in the areas of dating, sex
and relationships is what's needed according to the author, who has
particularly good insights and is clearly spoken in the realm of
seduction and maintaining relational power with women. A refreshing
element in this work is an almost complete lack of Pick-Up Artist's
jargon, accompanied by the author's obviously principled moral values -
despite his recommendations of never becoming monagamous with a woman.
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The Secret History - Procopius of Caesarea (ca. 550 AD)
In this book of 30 brief chapters, the historian Procopius of Caesarea
relates first how the great general Belisarius was hoodwinked by his
wife Antonina, and later how Emporer Justinian and Theodora fell further
and further into depravity.
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Sex-Ploytation (1999) -- by Matthew Fitzgerald (PDF)
The beauty about this book is that
it is blunt, straightforward, in your face, and there is no dithering
about. In other words:
It is a man's book! And, most importantly,
it gives the reader a very good insight into how, and why, men have
ended up being treated like fourth-class citizens and how it is that
they have recently even been described as 'parasites' by academic
biologists.
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The
Spartan Women -- The Politics of Aristotle -- (With Attached Study:
"Rulers Ruled by Women: An Economic Analysis of the Rise and Fall of
Women's Rights in Ancient Sparta")
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