The Less Noble Sex: Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Conceptions of Woman's NatureIndiana University Press, 1993 - 224 pages This book looks at five major beliefs about woman's nature generally accepted by Western philosophers, theologians, and scientists from the classical period to the nineteenth century. These are that: woman is less perfect than man, woman possesses inferior rational capacities, woman has a defective moral sense, man is the primary creative force, and that woman is in need of control. |
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... body is an impediment to knowledge . One begins the Car- tesian journey to truth not through the body , but by learning to overcome it . To be rational , one must be detached from the needs , desires , and particularities of the body ...
... body is an impediment to knowledge . One begins the Car- tesian journey to truth not through the body , but by learning to overcome it . To be rational , one must be detached from the needs , desires , and particularities of the body ...
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... body was the true measure of intelligence . Using this measure , the influential German anatomist Friedrich Tiedemann ( 1781-1861 ) and others demonstrated that the female brain , while absolutely lighter than that of the male , was ...
... body was the true measure of intelligence . Using this measure , the influential German anatomist Friedrich Tiedemann ( 1781-1861 ) and others demonstrated that the female brain , while absolutely lighter than that of the male , was ...
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... body . 111 According to him , each body forms a closed system , which contains only a finite amount of energy . Since the functioning of each organ requires expenditure of energy , any undue demand placed upon one organ inevitably ...
... body . 111 According to him , each body forms a closed system , which contains only a finite amount of energy . Since the functioning of each organ requires expenditure of energy , any undue demand placed upon one organ inevitably ...
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