The Less Noble Sex: Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Conceptions of Woman's NatureIndiana University Press, 1993 - 224 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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... ( Ouranos ) , the sea ( Pontos ) , and the mountains were born from Gaia partheno- genetically . Chaos gave birth to Erebos and Night apart from any male element . The first divine generation is thus female . In the second generation ...
... ( Ouranos ) , the sea ( Pontos ) , and the mountains were born from Gaia partheno- genetically . Chaos gave birth to Erebos and Night apart from any male element . The first divine generation is thus female . In the second generation ...
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... Ouranos , he wished to prevent any of his children from usurping his power . But rather than placing the children back into their mother , he placed them inside himself . Kronos employed the same technique as Ouranos : obstructing the ...
... Ouranos , he wished to prevent any of his children from usurping his power . But rather than placing the children back into their mother , he placed them inside himself . Kronos employed the same technique as Ouranos : obstructing the ...
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... Ouranos forced his children to remain in the womb of their mother , Gaia . Rather than the children becoming separate from the mother after birth , Ouranos reversed the process by placing the children back in the womb . Kronos similarly ...
... Ouranos forced his children to remain in the womb of their mother , Gaia . Rather than the children becoming separate from the mother after birth , Ouranos reversed the process by placing the children back in the womb . Kronos similarly ...
Spis treści
The Weaker Vessel | 51 |
Creativitys Soil | 109 |
The Beautiful Evil | 153 |
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