This new edition of Genevieve Lloyd's classic study of the maleness of reason in philosophy contains a new introduction and bibliographical essay assessing the book's place in the explosion of writing and gender since 1984.

Preface to the second edition, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. Reason, science and the domination of matter, 2. The divided soul: manliness and effeminacy, 3. Reason as attainment, 4. Reason and progress, 5. The public and the private, 6. The struggle for transcendence, 7. Concluding remarks, Notes, Bibliographical essay, Bibliographical essay to the second edition, Index