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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European civilization has refined manners at the expense of morals
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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European civilization has refined manners at the expense of morals
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.
A Vindication of the Rights of Men (2nd ed., 1790) Said 18 Dec 1790
English liberty has been reduced to the security of property, a selfish principle to which nobler ones are sacrificed
Security of property! Behold, in a few words, the definition of English liberty. And to this selfish principle every nobler one is sacrificed.
A Vindication of the Rights of Men (2nd ed., 1790) Said 18 Dec 1790
Property should circulate, divided more equally among a family's children, rather than entrenched by inheritance of the eldest son
Property, I do not scruple to aver it, should be fluctuating, which would be the case, if it were more equally divided amongst all the children of a family; else it is an everlasting rampart, in consequence of a barbarous feudal institution, that enables the elder son to overpower talents and depress virtue.
A Vindication of the Rights of Men (2nd ed., 1790) Said 18 Dec 1790
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The only rightful security of property is the right to enjoy and bequeath what one's own talents and industry acquired
The only security of property that nature authorizes and reason sanctions is, the right a man has to enjoy the acquisitions which his talents and industry have acquired; and to bequeath them to whom he chooses.
A Vindication of the Rights of Men (2nd ed., 1790) Said 18 Dec 1790
The passions are necessary helpers of reason
The passions are necessary auxiliaries of reason: a present impulse pushes us forward, and when we discover that the game did not deserve the chace, we find that we have gone over much ground, and not only gained many new ideas, but a habit of thinking.
A Vindication of the Rights of Men (2nd ed., 1790) Said 18 Dec 1790
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