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 130
... male principle . Although the female role in generation was never fully discounted by any scientific theory , it was consistently perceived as making a less important contribution than the male . Woman fur- nished the unformed matter ...
... male principle . Although the female role in generation was never fully discounted by any scientific theory , it was consistently perceived as making a less important contribution than the male . Woman fur- nished the unformed matter ...
Page 133
... male , for the soul is the substance of a particular body . " The female , like Tiamat , provides only the flesh upon which the male imposes form and imparts soul ; the female contribution is again held to be inferior . " For the female ...
... male , for the soul is the substance of a particular body . " The female , like Tiamat , provides only the flesh upon which the male imposes form and imparts soul ; the female contribution is again held to be inferior . " For the female ...
Page 137
... male and female sperms mingle in the uterus , and the male sperm acts upon the female , for the male sperm naturally tends to impress the form of that from which it comes , and the female sperm tends to receive form . " 27 Once again the ...
... male and female sperms mingle in the uterus , and the male sperm acts upon the female , for the male sperm naturally tends to impress the form of that from which it comes , and the female sperm tends to receive form . " 27 Once again the ...
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