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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... contained within it . " Moreover , the womb swells , because there is contained or inclosed in it a certain substance , caused by the defluxion either of seed or flowers , or of the womb or whites , or of some other humour , tumour ...
... contained within it . " Moreover , the womb swells , because there is contained or inclosed in it a certain substance , caused by the defluxion either of seed or flowers , or of the womb or whites , or of some other humour , tumour ...
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... contained the nature , quality , char- acter , and essence of beings " and it " may be looked upon as an invisible or hidden man . ” “ This semen , however , is not the sperma or the visible seminal fluid of man , but rather a semi ...
... contained the nature , quality , char- acter , and essence of beings " and it " may be looked upon as an invisible or hidden man . ” “ This semen , however , is not the sperma or the visible seminal fluid of man , but rather a semi ...
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... contained all humanity in their loins , each generation encased in the seed of the previous generation . An important consequence of preformation theory is the belief that the seed of subsequent generations could reside in only a single ...
... contained all humanity in their loins , each generation encased in the seed of the previous generation . An important consequence of preformation theory is the belief that the seed of subsequent generations could reside in only a single ...
Inhalt
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Urheberrecht | |
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