The Less Noble Sex: Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Conceptions of Woman's NatureIndiana University Press, 1993 - 224 Seiten 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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... enter the fetus until it had reached a certain point of development , and that upon the infusion of the soul the fetus would quicken , or move . Abortion was considered legal and religiously acceptable until quickening . According to ...
... enter the fetus until it had reached a certain point of development , and that upon the infusion of the soul the fetus would quicken , or move . Abortion was considered legal and religiously acceptable until quickening . According to ...
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... enter Plato's philosophy concerning the nature of the soul — that is , the extent to which an individual's soul is capable of knowing eter- nal truths , and its ability to rule the appetites . Woman , the inferior race , born from men ...
... enter Plato's philosophy concerning the nature of the soul — that is , the extent to which an individual's soul is capable of knowing eter- nal truths , and its ability to rule the appetites . Woman , the inferior race , born from men ...
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Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Conceptions of Woman's Nature Nancy Tuana. cavities to enter in diverse ways in to the muscles , by which means they can move the members in all the different ways in which they are capable of ...
Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Conceptions of Woman's Nature Nancy Tuana. cavities to enter in diverse ways in to the muscles , by which means they can move the members in all the different ways in which they are capable of ...
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The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Urheberrecht | |
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