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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... earth , and the plants and creatures of the earth , God com- pleted the creative act by bringing humans into being . " Then God said , ' Let us make man [ hā - ' ādām ] in our image , after our likeness ; and let them have domin- ion ...
... earth , and the plants and creatures of the earth , God com- pleted the creative act by bringing humans into being . " Then God said , ' Let us make man [ hā - ' ādām ] in our image , after our likeness ; and let them have domin- ion ...
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... earth and [ at the same time ] invisible , wherefore he is named the lesser world . " 45 This view of man as the ... earth , water , air , and fire . ” 46 Aquinas , in explaining why the first man was made of the slime of the universe ...
... earth and [ at the same time ] invisible , wherefore he is named the lesser world . " 45 This view of man as the ... earth , water , air , and fire . ” 46 Aquinas , in explaining why the first man was made of the slime of the universe ...
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... Earth , and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas . And God saw that it was good . And God said , " Let the earth put forth vegetation , plants yielding seed , and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed , each ...
... Earth , and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas . And God saw that it was good . And God said , " Let the earth put forth vegetation , plants yielding seed , and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed , each ...
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