2-4 Giving birth in beauty: On physical procreation and philosophical creativity

2-4 Giving birth in beauty:  On physical procreation and philosophical creativity

2-4 Giving birth in beauty: On physical procreation and philosophical creativity

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  1. Radcliffe Edmonds agrees with this reading, saying, “The physical terminology used […] recalls male arousal and ejaculation.” Radcliffe G. Edmonds, III, “Socrates the Beautiful: role Reversal and Midwifery in Plato’s Symposium,” Transactions of the American Philological Association, Vol. 130 (2000): 267.

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is an independent researcher who is interested in feminism, female embodiment and reproductive justice. She is also a practicing doula. She has an MA in philosophy with a concentration in women's and gender studies from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA and an MA in theology from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA.

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