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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... justice . Since these faculties are believed to be indicative of a higher de- gree of perfection , humankind stands above all other animals on this ladder of being . But it stands below the gods , for humans ' faculty of reason and ...
... justice . Since these faculties are believed to be indicative of a higher de- gree of perfection , humankind stands above all other animals on this ladder of being . But it stands below the gods , for humans ' faculty of reason and ...
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... justice , the very faculty that distinguishes humans from other animals . " This is the law Zeus laid down for men , / but fish and wild beasts and winged birds / know not of justice and so eat one another . / Justice , the best thing ...
... justice , the very faculty that distinguishes humans from other animals . " This is the law Zeus laid down for men , / but fish and wild beasts and winged birds / know not of justice and so eat one another . / Justice , the best thing ...
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... justice distinguishes humans from other animals , and Pandora was created with " the mind of a bitch and a thievish nature . " This lying tendency of woman makes her less capable of possessing the virtue of justice ; she is more like an ...
... justice distinguishes humans from other animals , and Pandora was created with " the mind of a bitch and a thievish nature . " This lying tendency of woman makes her less capable of possessing the virtue of justice ; she is more like an ...
Contents
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Copyright | |
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