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Voltaire and Women’s Rights

Posted on September 12, 2012 by ab124214

We’ve discussed how a push towards women equality has been a major theme of the Enlightenment.  As an Enlightenment writer, how does Voltaire express his views on women’s rights in “Candide”? It seems to me that Voltaire did not give … Continue reading →

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Mary Wollstonecraft’s “A Vindication of the Rights of Women”

Posted on September 3, 2012 by ab124214

Mary Wollstonecraft’s “A Vindication of the Rights of Women” (1792) is heavily influenced by Immanuel Kant’s “What is Enlightenment?” (1784). She begins her manifesto by asking how a man is different from a savage and then proceeds to say that … Continue reading →

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