family 11
- Parental affection may be the blindest form of perverse self-love
- Parents who do their duty have a sacred claim on their children's gratitude, but few accept those terms
Mary Wollstonecraft
English moral and political philosopher (1759 to 1797); author of A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792).
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What Mary Wollstonecraft says most about
gender equality 9
- Without mistaken notions of beauty, women could gain enough strength to earn their own living
- Reason is necessary for a woman to perform any duty properly, and sensibility is not reason
education 7
- With better education women might pursue business, which might save many from legal and common prostitution
- To improve both sexes, boys and girls should be educated together at home and in public schools
agency 3
- Without mistaken notions of beauty, women could gain enough strength to earn their own living
- Women should have power over themselves, not power over men
government 3
- Women ought to have representatives and a direct share in government
- Enlarging women's minds would end blind obedience, which is why tyrants keep women ignorant
happiness 3
- Independence is the great blessing of life and the basis of every virtue
- Women, like oppressed men, are degraded by preferring present pleasure to the struggle for freedom
behavioural science 2
- Maternal tenderness comes as much from habit as from instinct
- Most people seem to use their reason to justify inherited prejudices rather than to root them out
simplicity 2
- Independence is the great blessing of life and the basis of every virtue
- Dress should adorn the person without rivalling it, and need not be expensive