ISBN:
9780226512020
,
0226512029
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 136 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mayhew, Robert Female in Aristotle's biology
DDC:
305.4
Keywords:
Aristote AristÓteles 384-322 A. C
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Aristoteles
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Aristotle
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AristÓteles
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Aristoteles
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Aristotle
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Misogynie
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Femmes
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Misogyny
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Women
;
Aristotle
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Biology
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History
;
Female
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Philosophy
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Biology history
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Social Science
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies
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Misogyny
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Women
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Natuurfilosofie
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Griekse oudheid
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Vrouwelijk geslacht (biologie)
;
Biologie
;
Weiblichkeit
;
Feminismo (discriminação)
;
Mulheres (filosofia)
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
While Aristotle's writings on biology are considered to be among his best, the comments he makes about females in these works are widely regarded as the nadir of his philosophical oeuvre. Among many claims, Aristotle is said to have declared that females contribute nothing substantial to generation; that they have fewer teeth than males; that they are less spirited than males; and that woman are analogous to eunuchs. In The Female in Aristotle's Biology, Robert Mayhew aims not to defend Aristotle's ideas about females but to defend Aristotle against the common charge that his writings on fema
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-124) and indexes. - Description based on print version record
URL:
http://chicago.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.7208/chicago/9780226512020.001.0001/upso-9780226512006
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