03399nam 2200637Ia 450 991081775990332120200520144314.01-282-93284-597866129328470-226-51202-910.7208/9780226512020(CKB)2670000000060953(EBL)625213(OCoLC)692204497(SSID)ssj0000417630(PQKBManifestationID)11289704(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000417630(PQKBWorkID)10364365(PQKB)11235366(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122489(MiAaPQ)EBC625213(DE-B1597)524017(OCoLC)1135592016(DE-B1597)9780226512020(Au-PeEL)EBL625213(CaPaEBR)ebr10433758(CaONFJC)MIL293284(EXLCZ)99267000000006095320030827d2004 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrThe female in Aristotle's biology reason or rationalization /Robert Mayhew1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press20041 online resource (149 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-51200-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-124) and indexes.Front matter --Contents --Preface --Abbreviations --One. Aristotle and "Ideology" --Two. Entomology --Three. Embryology --Four. Eunuchs and Women --Five. Anatomy --Six. The Softer and Less Spirited Sex --Seven. Aristotle on Females: An Assessment of the Biology --References --Index Locorum --Index of Names --General IndexWhile 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 female species were motivated by ideological bias. Mayhew points out that the tools of modern science and scientific experimentation were not available to the Greeks during Aristotle's time and that, consequently, Aristotle had relied not only on empirical observations when writing about living organisms but also on a fair amount of speculation. Further, he argues that Aristotle's remarks about females in his biological writings did not tend to promote the inferior status of ancient Greek women. Written with passion and precision, The Female in Aristotle's Biology will be of enormous value to students of philosophy, the history of science, and classical literature.MisogynyWomenMisogyny.Women.305.4Mayhew Robert326431MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817759903321The female in Aristotle's biology3917977UNINA