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The fact that Aristotle was probably not a pederast is a problem for Percy, but he explains this away by Aristotle's middle-class origins.

The fact that Aristotle was probably not a pederast is a problem for Percy, but he explains this away by Aristotle's middle-class origins.

:Not hailing from the pederastic high society of Athens, as Plato did, but from the provincial bourgeoisie, Aristotle was less inspired by the pederastic lyrics of Ibycus, Anacreon, Theognis, and Pindar, and being more biologically oriented, felt that pedcrasty, natural to some, was a vice acquired by others and limited the teleological potential of reproduction.

:Not hailing from the pederastic high society of Athens, as Plato did, but from the provincial bourgeoisie, Aristotle was less inspired by the pederastic lyrics of Ibycus, Anacreon, Theognis, and Pindar, and being more biologically oriented, felt that pederasty, natural to some, was a vice acquired by others and limited the teleological potential of reproduction.

Aristotle's great influence on the medieval scholastic tradition (which far outweighs that of Plato) presents a difficulty, but Percy rather skips over that, as we shall see.  Percy ends the classical period with a short discussion on the Stoics and Epicureans, who were also pederasts.

Aristotle's great influence on the medieval scholastic tradition (which far outweighs that of Plato) presents a difficulty, but Percy rather skips over that, as we shall see.  Percy ends the classical period with a short discussion on the Stoics and Epicureans, who were also pederasts.