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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... stands above all other animals on this ladder of being . But it stands below the gods , for humans ' faculty of reason and sense of justice are less perfect than those of the gods . Humankind is thus created " in the image of " the gods ...
... stands above all other animals on this ladder of being . But it stands below the gods , for humans ' faculty of reason and sense of justice are less perfect than those of the gods . Humankind is thus created " in the image of " the gods ...
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... stands intermediate between the male and infantile skull . " 82 Ecker's general hypothesis , consistent with the theory of recapitulation , was that female skulls were infantile in form . In addition to orthognathism , Ecker of- fered ...
... stands intermediate between the male and infantile skull . " 82 Ecker's general hypothesis , consistent with the theory of recapitulation , was that female skulls were infantile in form . In addition to orthognathism , Ecker of- fered ...
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... stand trial for matricide , the most terrible of crimes . Athena presided over the trial ; Apollo pleaded Orestes's case . Apollo argued that Orestes was not guilty of killing his parent , on the grounds that the true parent is the ...
... stand trial for matricide , the most terrible of crimes . Athena presided over the trial ; Apollo pleaded Orestes's case . Apollo argued that Orestes was not guilty of killing his parent , on the grounds that the true parent is the ...
Contents
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Copyright | |
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