LEADER 03449nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910459084103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-93284-5 010 $a9786612932847 010 $a0-226-51202-9 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226512020 035 $a(CKB)2670000000060953 035 $a(EBL)625213 035 $a(OCoLC)692204497 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000417630 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11289704 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000417630 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10364365 035 $a(PQKB)11235366 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122489 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC625213 035 $a(DE-B1597)524017 035 $a(OCoLC)1135592016 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226512020 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL625213 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10433758 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL293284 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000060953 100 $a20030827d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe female in Aristotle's biology$b[electronic resource] $ereason or rationalization /$fRobert Mayhew 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (149 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-51200-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 119-124) and indexes. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAbbreviations -- $tOne. Aristotle and "Ideology" -- $tTwo. Entomology -- $tThree. Embryology -- $tFour. Eunuchs and Women -- $tFive. Anatomy -- $tSix. The Softer and Less Spirited Sex -- $tSeven. Aristotle on Females: An Assessment of the Biology -- $tReferences -- $tIndex Locorum -- $tIndex of Names -- $tGeneral Index 330 $aWhile 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. 606 $aMisogyny 606 $aWomen 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMisogyny. 615 0$aWomen. 676 $a305.4 700 $aMayhew$b Robert$0326431 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459084103321 996 $aThe female in Aristotle's biology$92014778 997 $aUNINA