Virtue can only flourish amongst equals.

Mary Wollstonecraft

A Vindication of the Rights of Men

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Equality in relationships

Author

Mary Wollstonecraft

Source

A Vindication of the Rights of Men

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1790 1790s 18th century

Occupation

Feminist Philosopher Writer

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Original Citation

Wollstonecraft, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Men, in a Letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke; Occasioned by His Reflections on the Revolution in France. London: J. Johnson, 1790.

Current Citation

Wollstonecraft, Mary. "A Vindication of the Rights of Men." A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and A Vindication of the Rights of Men, edited by Janet Todd. Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Thomas Paine

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Thomas Paine
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Rights of Man
Genre
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Time
1792 1790s 18th century
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Paine, Thomas. Rights of man. Part the second. London: J. S. Jordan, 1792.

Current Citation

Paine, Thomas. "Rights of Man Part the second." Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings, edited by Mark Philp. Oxford University Press, 2009.