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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Page 63
... of leisure Descartes prescribes . Princess Elizabeth found it difficult to find suffi- cient free time to acquire Descartes's habit of meditation ; a poor woman would find it impossible . By factoring in class and race Not in God's Image ...
... of leisure Descartes prescribes . Princess Elizabeth found it difficult to find suffi- cient free time to acquire Descartes's habit of meditation ; a poor woman would find it impossible . By factoring in class and race Not in God's Image ...
Page 145
... poor mortals , visited an old beekeeper by the name of Hyrieus , who offered them food and drink and shared with them all his comforts . To repay him for his generous hospitality , Zeus and Hermes asked Hyrieus what he most desired . He ...
... poor mortals , visited an old beekeeper by the name of Hyrieus , who offered them food and drink and shared with them all his comforts . To repay him for his generous hospitality , Zeus and Hermes asked Hyrieus what he most desired . He ...
Page 155
... poor males really need is a way of having babies on our own- / no females , please . / Then the world would be / completely trouble free . " 2 Jason's statement articulates a sentiment frequently repeated in the next two thousand years ...
... poor males really need is a way of having babies on our own- / no females , please . / Then the world would be / completely trouble free . " 2 Jason's statement articulates a sentiment frequently repeated in the next two thousand years ...
Contents
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Copyright | |
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