Mary Wollstonecraft
The Mother of Feminism
Mary Wollstonecraft
1759 - 1797
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A Woman's Place
The Mother of Feminism challenges the First Teacher of the West, whose views on women shaped millennia of thought. A foundational debate on equality, reason, and rights.
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Mary Wollstonecraft's Legacy
Her 1792 book, "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman," which argues that women are not naturally inferior to men but appear to be only because they lack education, is a foundational text of modern feminism.
Aristotle's Legacy
Aristotle provided a complex and comprehensive synthesis of the various philosophies existing prior to him. It was above all from his teachings that the West inherited its intellectual lexicon, as well as its problems and methods of inquiry. As a result, his philosophy has exerted a unique influence on almost every form of knowledge in the West and it continues to be a subject of contemporary philosophical discussion.