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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... pain , and seek after the things which communicate to me the sentiment of pleasure and so forth ; but I do not see that beyond this it teaches me that from those diverse sense - perceptions we should ever form any conclusion regarding ...
... pain , and seek after the things which communicate to me the sentiment of pleasure and so forth ; but I do not see that beyond this it teaches me that from those diverse sense - perceptions we should ever form any conclusion regarding ...
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... pain causes the spontaneous response of sympathy and charity . The scien- tific view was that woman's role in raising and nurturing children results in a highly developed sense of empathy and altruism . The moral sensitivities of woman ...
... pain causes the spontaneous response of sympathy and charity . The scien- tific view was that woman's role in raising and nurturing children results in a highly developed sense of empathy and altruism . The moral sensitivities of woman ...
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... pain , anguish of mind , and dejection of the spirits . 25 The English physician Thomas Arnold ( 1742–1816 ) , in his treatise on insanity , claimed that a difficult childbirth could lead to insanity if blood retained in the body after ...
... pain , anguish of mind , and dejection of the spirits . 25 The English physician Thomas Arnold ( 1742–1816 ) , in his treatise on insanity , claimed that a difficult childbirth could lead to insanity if blood retained in the body after ...
Inhalt
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
Urheberrecht | |
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