The Less Noble Sex: Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Conceptions of Woman's NatureThis 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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Because woman has less heat , she is smaller and weaker than man . “ The male
is larger and longer - lived than the female . . . the female is less muscular and
less compactly jointed . " 2 Woman ' s heat deficiency results in her brain being ...
Because woman has less heat , she is smaller and weaker than man . “ The male
is larger and longer - lived than the female . . . the female is less muscular and
less compactly jointed . " 2 Woman ' s heat deficiency results in her brain being ...
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heat . “ The female is , as it were , a mutilated male . " 14 Yet he noted that males
are more often born defective than females . It would seem logical here to
conclude that such higher rates of mutations in males are due to a defect in heat ,
thus ...
heat . “ The female is , as it were , a mutilated male . " 14 Yet he noted that males
are more often born defective than females . It would seem logical here to
conclude that such higher rates of mutations in males are due to a defect in heat ,
thus ...
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34 Alchemists believed that heat would free the soul of the primary matter , thus
enabling separation and later ... Sol was a fixed principle , containing the
properties of heat and dryness ; Luna was a volatile principle that was cold and
moist .
34 Alchemists believed that heat would free the soul of the primary matter , thus
enabling separation and later ... Sol was a fixed principle , containing the
properties of heat and dryness ; Luna was a volatile principle that was cold and
moist .
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Contents
Between Man and Animal | 1 |
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
The Hysteria of Woman | 93 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Less Noble Sex: Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Conceptions of Woman's Nature Issue 112 of ISSR library Indiana Series in Arab and Islamic Studies Race, gender, and science |
| Author | Nancy Tuana |
| Contributor | International Society for Science and Religion |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press, 1993 |
| ISBN | 0253360986, 9780253360984 |
| Length | 224 pages |
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