| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
xix, 146 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. Reason, science and the domination of matter. Feminity and Greek theories of knowledge. Francis Bacon: knowledge as the subjugation of Nature -- 2. The divided soul: manliness and effeminacy. Introduction: Plato on Reason. Philo: 'manly Reason' and the 'entanglements' of sense. Augustine: spiritual equality and natural subordination. Aquinas: 'the principle of the human race' and his 'helpmate' -- 3. Reason as attainment. Descartes's method. Hume on Reason and the passions -- 4. Reason and progress. Rousseau: the lost youth of the world. Kant: from immaturity to enlightenment. Hegel: Reason as the unfolding of Nature -- 5. The public and the private. Introduction: complementary consciousnesses. Hegel: the feminine nether world -- 6. The struggle for transcendence. Hegel: self-consciousness as achievement. Sartre and de Beauvoir: women and transcendence. De Beauvoir on woman as other -- 7. Concluding remarks. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Reason.
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Sex differences.
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Relativity.
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| ISBN |
0816624143 paperback |
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