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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... creation myth has had this effect on Western culture . In fact , the metaphors used to describe the acts of creation in Genesis recur often in scientific views of human procreation . The language of the Genesis creation myth is the ...
... creation myth has had this effect on Western culture . In fact , the metaphors used to describe the acts of creation in Genesis recur often in scientific views of human procreation . The language of the Genesis creation myth is the ...
Side 113
... creation its definition . The linguistic act , the act of naming , brings order to chaos . " God called the light Day , and the darkness he called Night . . . . And God called the firmament Heaven . . . . God called the dry land Earth ...
... creation its definition . The linguistic act , the act of naming , brings order to chaos . " God called the light Day , and the darkness he called Night . . . . And God called the firmament Heaven . . . . God called the dry land Earth ...
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... creation of the original human in Genesis 2.7 was the specific verb for pottery , while the verb used in 2.22 refers specifically to architecture and the construction of buildings . On the basis of this , she argues that the creation of ...
... creation of the original human in Genesis 2.7 was the specific verb for pottery , while the verb used in 2.22 refers specifically to architecture and the construction of buildings . On the basis of this , she argues that the creation of ...
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The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
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