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 50
... the lens of a hierarchical system . The ways in which man differed from woman was a sign of his higher evolution , that is , his greater perfection . II The Weaker Vessel Give honour unto the wife , 50 BETWEEN MAN AND ANIMAL.
... the lens of a hierarchical system . The ways in which man differed from woman was a sign of his higher evolution , that is , his greater perfection . II The Weaker Vessel Give honour unto the wife , 50 BETWEEN MAN AND ANIMAL.
Page 113
... give form to already present but formless matter ; rather , he produced all that is from nothing . And as God gave form through naming , he created by calling into being . Each act of creation in Genesis begins with a calling forth ...
... give form to already present but formless matter ; rather , he produced all that is from nothing . And as God gave form through naming , he created by calling into being . Each act of creation in Genesis begins with a calling forth ...
Page 121
... give birth . Zeus bore his gray - eyed daughter , Athena , " from his head . " 43 Thus the male principle has taken ... gives birth to Athena : the child now issues from the Children of the Gods 121.
... give birth . Zeus bore his gray - eyed daughter , Athena , " from his head . " 43 Thus the male principle has taken ... gives birth to Athena : the child now issues from the Children of the Gods 121.
Contents
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Copyright | |
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