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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... things , thus revealing many of our fundamental values . The place of humankind in the scheme of creation is a basic focus of Western creation myths . They delineate not only the traits that differentiate humans from other animals , but ...
... things , thus revealing many of our fundamental values . The place of humankind in the scheme of creation is a basic focus of Western creation myths . They delineate not only the traits that differentiate humans from other animals , but ...
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... things were mirrored in man.44 Man was called the " microcosm , " and in him was the image of the macrocosm — the universe and all its processes . " Man is called the lesser world ( mundus minor ) , because in him is the figure of the ...
... things were mirrored in man.44 Man was called the " microcosm , " and in him was the image of the macrocosm — the universe and all its processes . " Man is called the lesser world ( mundus minor ) , because in him is the figure of the ...
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... things which cause the sensation of pain , and seek after the things which communicate to me the sentiment of pleasure and so forth ; but I do not see that beyond this it teaches me that from those diverse sense - perceptions we should ...
... things which cause the sensation of pain , and seek after the things which communicate to me the sentiment of pleasure and so forth ; but I do not see that beyond this it teaches me that from those diverse sense - perceptions we should ...
Contents
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Copyright | |
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