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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... important of these being that the entire chain of being was created by God and was therefore immutable . From this premise it followed that the order of perfection was unalterably im- posed upon the universe at the moment of creation ...
... important of these being that the entire chain of being was created by God and was therefore immutable . From this premise it followed that the order of perfection was unalterably im- posed upon the universe at the moment of creation ...
Side 111
... importance to the male role in generation - another example of the way in which religion and science are mutually ... important implications for conceptions of female generative powers.2 In the following chapter I will illustrate the ...
... importance to the male role in generation - another example of the way in which religion and science are mutually ... important implications for conceptions of female generative powers.2 In the following chapter I will illustrate the ...
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... important reversal , since the head , associated with reason , is seen as the opposite of the womb , associated with passion.44 " 46 The birth reversals of Zeus were popular images of classical mythology . The story of Athena was retold ...
... important reversal , since the head , associated with reason , is seen as the opposite of the womb , associated with passion.44 " 46 The birth reversals of Zeus were popular images of classical mythology . The story of Athena was retold ...
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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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