CHAPTER 16: TOWARD A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH

The overall effect of the Scientific Revolution on the argument about women was to generate facts about differences between men and women that were used to prove male dominance (EX: Spinoza—thought women were “naturally” inferior) Toward a New Earth: Descartes, Rationalism, and a New View of Humankind. Rene Descartes (1596-1650) ................
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