Alter | 359 Jahre |
Beruf | Frauenrechtler, Philosoph, Schriftsteller |
Geburtsdatum | Freitag, 12. November 1666 |
Geburtsort | Newcastle upon Tyne |
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Beschreibung | Mary Astell war eine englische Schriftstellerin, Rhetorikerin und Philosophin. Sie trat dafür ein, Frauen bei gleichrangigen Fähigkeiten dieselben Bildungschancen wie Männern zu gewähren, und forderte die Abschaffung der Ungleichheit in der Ehe. Astell gilt aufgrund dessen als „erste englische Feministin“. |
God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him.
Every Body has so good an Opinion of their own Understanding as to think their own way the best.
Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up.
We all agree that its fit to be as Happy as we can, and we need no Instructor to teach us this Knowledge, 'tis born with us, and is inseparable from our Being, but we very much need to be Inform'd what is the true Way to Happiness.
The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it.
But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?
