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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... earth , water , air , and fire . " 46 Aquinas , in explaining why the first man was made of the slime of the universe , echoed this view : " the body of man is said to have been formed from the slime of the earth ; because earth and ...
... earth , water , air , and fire . " 46 Aquinas , in explaining why the first man was made of the slime of the universe , echoed this view : " the body of man is said to have been formed from the slime of the earth ; because earth and ...
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... Earth , and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas . And God saw that it was good . And God said , " Let the earth put forth vegetation , plants yielding seed , and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed , each ...
... Earth , and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas . And God saw that it was good . And God said , " Let the earth put forth vegetation , plants yielding seed , and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed , each ...
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... earth her hand , crying out for help from Earth and Sky to bear a child stronger than Zeus . Thus she cried out and lashed the earth with her stout hand . Then the life - giving earth was moved and Hera saw it , and her heart was ...
... earth her hand , crying out for help from Earth and Sky to bear a child stronger than Zeus . Thus she cried out and lashed the earth with her stout hand . Then the life - giving earth was moved and Hera saw it , and her heart was ...
Indhold
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
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The Less Noble Sex: Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Conceptions of ... Nancy Tuana Ingen forhåndsvisning - 1993 |
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