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 28
... stage , in which the substance has a white color and is referred to as the white rose or the white queen . The Albedo stage is associated with the moon , for it is cold and moist and shines feebly compared to the next stage . To achieve ...
... stage , in which the substance has a white color and is referred to as the white rose or the white queen . The Albedo stage is associated with the moon , for it is cold and moist and shines feebly compared to the next stage . To achieve ...
Page 40
... stage from which the race or tribe has been developed , or into which it has relapsed ; hence is partly explained the fact , that inequality of the sexes increases with the progress of civilization . 60 Post - Darwinian theorists ...
... stage from which the race or tribe has been developed , or into which it has relapsed ; hence is partly explained the fact , that inequality of the sexes increases with the progress of civilization . 60 Post - Darwinian theorists ...
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... stage , and has little motive to repress it and replace it with the superego . " The girl is driven out of her attachment to her mother through the influence of her envy for the penis and she enters the Oedipus situation as though into ...
... stage , and has little motive to repress it and replace it with the superego . " The girl is driven out of her attachment to her mother through the influence of her envy for the penis and she enters the Oedipus situation as though into ...
Contents
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Copyright | |
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