A Vindication of the Rights of Men
A work by Mary Wollstonecraft, first published in 1790
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European civilization has refined manners at the expense of morals, English liberty has been reduced to the security of property, a selfish principle to which nobler ones are sacrificed, The passions are necessary helpers of reason …
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What korrents draws from it
korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.
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European civilization has refined manners at the expense of morals (opens korrents.com)1
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English liberty has been reduced to the security of property, a selfish principle to which nobler ones are sacrificed (opens korrents.com)1
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The passions are necessary helpers of reason (opens korrents.com)1
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Property should circulate, divided more equally among a family's children, rather than entrenched by inheritance of the eldest son (opens korrents.com)1
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The only rightful security of property is the right to enjoy and bequeath what one's own talents and industry acquired (opens korrents.com)1
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