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European civilization has refined manners at the expense of morals
Drawn from what Mary Wollstonecraft said
SubjectEurope
What Mary Wollstonecraft actually said
- Mary Wollstonecraft English moral and political philosopher (1759 to 1797)
The civilization which has taken place in Europe has been very partial, and, like every custom that an arbitrary point of honour has established, refines the manners at the expence of morals, by making sentiments and opinions current in conversation that have no root in the heart, or weight in the cooler resolves of the mind.
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↗A Vindication of the Rights of Men (2nd ed., 1790)en.wikisource.org
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