Radical Enlightenment · feminist philosophy · 1759–1797
Mary Wollstonecraft
Educate women as rational beings, not as ornaments.
London · Paris · Scandinavia
Reading guides
A thread to guide your reading.
Original introductions to enter the works, discover their central questions and take the reflection further.
Reason and women’s education
Follow the argument of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman from shared reason to the reform of girls’ education and of women’s place in civic life.
A Vindication of the Rights of WomanRights against tradition
Read the reply to Burke to see how Wollstonecraft sets rights grounded in reason against the authority of inheritance and custom.
A Vindication of the Rights of MenA philosophical journey north
Explore the Scandinavian letters, where the observation of landscapes and societies turns into a reflection on feeling, reason and commerce.
Letters Written during a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark