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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Page 128
... gives counsel to the Perfect One . It is at her request that the Perfect One creates the four principles of foreknowledge , indestructibility , eternal life , and truth . 75 At this point the Father unites with the female principle ...
... gives counsel to the Perfect One . It is at her request that the Perfect One creates the four principles of foreknowledge , indestructibility , eternal life , and truth . 75 At this point the Father unites with the female principle ...
Page 132
... gives us good reason to believe that the male ejaculate alone is not sufficient for conception ; otherwise , we would expect a pregnancy every time a man ejaculated into a woman's vagina . Aristotle failed to mention this anomaly . Had ...
... gives us good reason to believe that the male ejaculate alone is not sufficient for conception ; otherwise , we would expect a pregnancy every time a man ejaculated into a woman's vagina . Aristotle failed to mention this anomaly . Had ...
Page 137
... give form in the likeliness of that from which the sperm comes ; the purpose of the female sperm is to receive the ... gives form to woman's sperm . " The male and female sperms mingle in the uterus , and the male sperm acts upon the ...
... give form in the likeliness of that from which the sperm comes ; the purpose of the female sperm is to receive the ... gives form to woman's sperm . " The male and female sperms mingle in the uterus , and the male sperm acts upon the ...
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