Originally published in 1990. This confrontational, controversial book challenges the complaint that women are illogical. In a series of studies of historical figures Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle, Zeno, Abelard, Ockham, and Frege the author traces the changing interrelationships between logical innovation and oppressive speech strategies.

Prologue. Introduction: Reading Logic Part 1: Classical Logic 1. The Desire of Logic: Parmenides's Passion 2. Weaving the Seine of Logos: Plato and the Sophist 3. Aristotle's Syllogisms 4. Logos Spermatikos: The Logic of Empire Part 2: Medieval Logic 5. An Arsenal of Reasons: Abelard's Dialectic 6. The Antinomies of Power: Ockham's Razor Part 3: Reading Frege 7. Breaking the Power of the Word 8. The Marriage of Mathematics and Language 9. Frege's Thoughts 10. A Thought like a Hammer: The Logic of Totalitarianism. Conclusion: Words of Power and the Power of Words