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Blind Optimism… How far does it really get us?
While reading Voltaire’s Candide, it amazed me how much optimism one had. In almost seemed impossible that anyone could be that positive throughout all the misfortunes that he had suffered. It intrigued me how Candide kept going for his goal … Continue reading
Candide, or Optimism’ (Chapters 1-14)
When I first began to read this story I thought it was going to be a love story till it took a turn for the worst. Candide went through so much after … Continue reading
Voltaire’s Cancide, or Optimism Chapters 1-14
Here is yet another satirical work by one of the enlightenment thinkers. Voltaire certainly mocks many notions throughout these chapters, but his focus is certainly on the philosophical teachings by Dr. Pangloss. Pangloss mentions that this is the “best of … Continue reading
Reading A modest Proposal.
When I first started readin, I thought this story is going to be how the small country Ireland has came up with the idea to deal with poverty by controlling the birth rate.However as I was reading I found that … Continue reading
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from Jeremy Villalobos
As an individual of whose family is predominately female, the subject of woman’s rights is one that is of great importance to me. Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Women is a great example of women testing the boundaries … Continue reading
A “Modest” Proposal
At the very beginning of the essay I thought I had been reading the first paragraph incorrectly. However, I was fooled by the sarcasm of the scene that Swift creates. He mentions that “it is a melancholy object to those … Continue reading
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft was considered as one of the founders of feminism after her death. Her thoughts were greatly enlightened and influenced by the French Revolution at that time. She wrote “A Vindication of the Rights of Men” in 1791, which attacked constitutional … Continue reading
“A Vindication of the Rights of Women”
Mary Wollstonecraft’s “A Vindication of the Rights of Women” is, in my opinion, a fairly radical piece of literature for the era in which it was published. In it, Wollstonecraft raises valid points about the gap in the education of … Continue reading
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Mary Wollstonecraft’s “A Vindication of the Rights of Women”
From the emotionally-fueled, pointed language used to the radical ideas presented, through-and-through, this piece is a rant. But, that which sets it apart from rants that typically fall upon dismissive ears is its intent. Wollstonecraft is not criticizing the society … Continue reading
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A Vindication of the Rights of Women
I would have to say that it was a bit difficult to read “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” by Mary Wollstonecraft, primarily because of the language and diction utilized within the text. However, after reading it a few … Continue reading
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