The best of either sex should be united with the best as often as possible, and the worst with the worst as seldom as possible; and that the offspring of the former should be reared, and that of the second destroyed.
Philosopher, The Republic
The best of either sex should be united with the best as often as possible, and the worst with the worst as seldom as possible; and that the offspring of the former should be reared, and that of the second destroyed.
Philosopher, The Republic
Plato's Republic V, 459d-460b, outlining his eugenics program
c. 375 BCE
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