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A vindication of the rights of men ; with, a vindication of the rights of woman, and hints / Mary Wollstonecraft ; edited by Sylvana Tomaselli.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Cambridge texts in the history of political thoughtPublication details: New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1995.Description: xxxviii, 349 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0521430534
  • 0521436338 (pbk.)
Contained works:
  • Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323.2 WOL
Online resources:
Contents:
1. The rights and involved duties of mankind considered; 2. The prevailing opinion of a sexual character discussed; 3. The same subject continued; 4. Observations on the state of degradation to which woman is reduced by various causes; 5. Animadversions on some of the writers who have rendered women objects of pity, bordering on contempt; 6. The effect which an early association of ideas has upon the character; 7. Modesty - comprehensively considered, and not as a sexual virtue; 8. Morality undermined by sexual notions of the importance of a good reputation; 9. Of the pernicious effects which arise from the unnatural distinctions established in society; 10. Parental affection; 11. Duty to parents; 1 2. On national education; 13. Some instances of the folly which the ignorance of women generates; with concluding reflections on the moral improvement that a revolution in female manners might naturally be expected to produce.
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1. The rights and involved duties of mankind considered;
2. The prevailing opinion of a sexual character discussed;
3. The same subject continued;
4. Observations on the state of degradation to which woman is reduced by various causes;
5. Animadversions on some of the writers who have rendered women objects of pity, bordering on contempt;
6. The effect which an early association of ideas has upon the character;
7. Modesty - comprehensively considered, and not as a sexual virtue;
8. Morality undermined by sexual notions of the importance of a good reputation;
9. Of the pernicious effects which arise from the unnatural distinctions established in society;
10. Parental affection;
11. Duty to parents; 1
2. On national education;
13. Some instances of the folly which the ignorance of women generates; with concluding reflections on the moral improvement that a revolution in female manners might naturally be expected to produce.