Mary Wollstonecraft vs. Immanuel Kant
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Mary Wollstonecraft
1759 – 1797
Mary Wollstonecraft was an English writer and philosopher best known for her advocacy of women's rights. Until the late twentieth century, Wollstonecraft's life, which encompassed several unconventional personal relationships, received more attention than her writing. Wollstonecraft is regarded as one of the founding feminist philosophers, and feminists often cite both her life and her works as important influences.
"I see not the shadow of a reason to conclude that their virtues should differ in respect to their nature. In fact, how can they, if virtue has only one eternal …"
Immanuel Kant
1724 – 1804
German philosopher whose work on epistemology and ethics was transformative.
"One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him."
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