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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... begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the menstrual flow begins in females " and that " in the decline of life the generative power fails in the one sex and the menstrual discharge in the other . " 5 ...
... begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the menstrual flow begins in females " and that " in the decline of life the generative power fails in the one sex and the menstrual discharge in the other . " 5 ...
Page 61
... 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 . In Descartes's account , only those ...
... 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 . In Descartes's account , only those ...
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... begins with a calling forth . That which is given form through the name is evoked through the word . " And God said , ' Let there be light .... And God said , ' Let the earth put forth vegetation . . . . And God said , ' Let the earth ...
... begins with a calling forth . That which is given form through the name is evoked through the word . " And God said , ' Let there be light .... And God said , ' Let the earth put forth vegetation . . . . And God said , ' Let the earth ...
Contents
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Copyright | |
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