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Visions of Women

Being a Fascinating Anthology with Analysis of Philosophers’ Views of Women from Ancient to Modern Times

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  1. Linda A. Bell
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Table of contents (51 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • Linda A. Bell
    Pages 1-47

  3. Plato

    • Linda A. Bell
    Pages 48-58

  4. Xenophon

    • Linda A. Bell
    Pages 59-62

  5. Aristotle

    • Linda A. Bell
    Pages 63-68

  6. C. Musonius Rufus

    • Linda A. Bell
    Pages 69-77

  7. Quintus Septimus Florens Tertullian

    • Linda A. Bell
    Pages 78-81

  8. Jerome

    • Linda A. Bell
    Pages 82-86

  9. Aurelius Augustine

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    Pages 87-90

  10. Peter Abelard

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    Pages 91-93

  11. Maimonides

    • Linda A. Bell
    Pages 94-101

  12. Thomas Aquinas

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    Pages 102-115

  13. Thomas More

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    Pages 116-124

  14. Desiderius Erasmus

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    Pages 125-130

  15. Luis Vives

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    Pages 131-136

  16. Michel Eyguem de Montaigne

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    Pages 137-144

  17. Thomas Hobbes

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    Pages 145-147

  18. Baruch Spinoza

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    Pages 148-149

  19. John Locke

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    Pages 150-152

  20. David Hume

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    Pages 153-159
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People of Socrates' time were frequently aghast at the questions he would ask. Their responses were of the sort elicited by very dumb or ex­ tremely obvious questions: "Don't you know? Everyone else does. " Socrates was hardly alone in his knack for asking such questions. Phi­ losophers have always asked peculiar questions most other people would never dream of asking, convinced as the latter are that the answers were settled long ago in the collective "wisdom" of society, including ques­ tions about woman: should women be educated? should they rule socie­ ties? should they be subordinate in marriage? do women and men have the same virtues, or are there separate virtues for each? which of the dif­ ferences between women and men are conventional, and which are natu­ ral? is there a woman's work? do women and men have different types or degrees of rationality? Philosophers of the most diverse periods have raised these questions and their answers were often quite creative, not merely reflecting the conventions and mores of their societies. With the publication of this anthology, their writings will be brought together in a single volume for the first time. This anthology differs from others not just in its inclusiveness. It also contains several translations of material previously unavailable in English.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Visions of Women

  • Book Subtitle: Being a Fascinating Anthology with Analysis of Philosophers’ Views of Women from Ancient to Modern Times

  • Editors: Linda A. Bell

  • Series Title: Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics, and Society

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5304-4

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The HUMANA Press Inc. 1983

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89603-044-2Published: 03 October 1983

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-89603-054-1Published: 03 October 1983

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-5304-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 490

  • Topics: Ethics

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