Mary Wollstonecraft:

In fact, it is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do not result from the exercise of its own reason.

— Mary Wollstonecraft Early Modern

Early feminist philosopher

Context

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Date / Period

1792

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3420/3420-h/3420-h.htm

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