The Less Noble Sex: Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Conceptions of Woman's NatureIndiana University Press, 1993 - 224 sider 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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... conclude the treaty they pro- posed , and for this and other reasons it was finally rejected by the British chiefs . During this time Siraj - ud - Daula had advanced close upon Fort William , at the head of his large but ill ...
... conclude the treaty they pro- posed , and for this and other reasons it was finally rejected by the British chiefs . During this time Siraj - ud - Daula had advanced close upon Fort William , at the head of his large but ill ...
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... concluded July 1 , 1863 ; ratified by the United States , March 2 , 1864 ; ratifications ex- changed March 5 , 1864 ... concluded and signed at Washington , by their respective plenipotentiaries , on the first day of July , 1863 , which ...
... concluded July 1 , 1863 ; ratified by the United States , March 2 , 1864 ; ratifications ex- changed March 5 , 1864 ... concluded and signed at Washington , by their respective plenipotentiaries , on the first day of July , 1863 , which ...
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... concluded April 19 , 1871 , and a further extension was authorized by a convention concluded November 27 , 1872 . [ Its powers were further extended by a convention concluded Novem- ber 20 , 1874 , for the period of one year , which ...
... concluded April 19 , 1871 , and a further extension was authorized by a convention concluded November 27 , 1872 . [ Its powers were further extended by a convention concluded Novem- ber 20 , 1874 , for the period of one year , which ...
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The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
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