Category: History

This pioneering study by Sister Prudence Allen traces the concept of woman in relation to man in more than seventy philosophers from ancient and medieval traditions. The fruit of ten years' work, this study uncovers four general categories of questions asked by philosophers for two thousand years. These are the categories of opposites, of generation, of wisdom, and of virtue. Sister Prudence Allen traces several recurring strands of sexual and gender identity within this period. Ultimately, she shows the paradoxical influence of Aristotle on the question of woman and on a philosophical underst...
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The Concept of Woman: The Early Humanist Reformation, 1250-1500

By: ALLEN, PRUDENCE

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company : January 2006

Seller ID: 20090709158768

ISBN-13: 9780802833471

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

This seminal work is the second volume of a widely praised study of the concept of woman in the history of Western philosophy. Sister Prudence Allen explores claims about sex and gender identity in the works of over fifty philosophers (both men and women) in the late medieval and early Renaissance periods. Touching on the thought of every philosopher who considered sex or gender identity between A.D. 1250 and 1500, The Concept of Woman provides the analytical categories necessary for situating contemporary discussion of women in relation to men. Adding to the accessibility of this fine discuss...
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The Concept of Woman: The Early Humanist Reformation, 1250-1500

By: ALLEN, PRUDENCE

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company : January 2006

Seller ID: 20090709158767

ISBN-13: 9780802833464

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

This seminal work is the second volume of a widely praised study of the concept of woman in the history of Western philosophy. Sister Prudence Allen explores claims about sex and gender identity in the works of over fifty philosophers (both men and women) in the late medieval and early Renaissance periods. Touching on the thought of every philosopher who considered sex or gender identity between A.D. 1250 and 1500, The Concept of Woman provides the analytical categories necessary for situating contemporary discussion of women in relation to men. Adding to the accessibility of this fine discuss...
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Threshold of Terror: The Last Hours of the Monarchy in the French Revolution

By: ALLEN, RODNEY

Price: $8.75

Publisher: Sutton Publishing : April 2001

Seller ID: 20091215165831

ISBN-13: 9780750927109

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Very Good

Corners bumped, a solid, clean, copy, bright text.
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Two hundred years: The History of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1698-1898

By: Allen, W.O.B.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ; New York : E. & J.B. Young : January 1898

Seller ID: 167503

ISBN: B003OEY9PQ

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Original 1898 edition, published by SPCK, London. Sturdy hardcover book (the 'microform' in the title is meaningless), though showing about an inch of separation at top of external hinge. Otherwise normal scuffing to covers, text unmarked. Previous owner's inscriptions on reverse of first free endpaper and on half-title page.
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Twenty Letters to a Friend. Translated by Priscilla Johnson McMillan

By: Alliluyeva, Svetlana

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Harper & Row : January 1967

Seller ID: 215239

ISBN: B000JW2TVM

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

First edition. Firm and unmarked. Jacket shows scuffing and small tears to corners and edges. Overall excellent condition in moderately shelfworn jacket.
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