A Vindication of the Rights of Women Chapter Summaries - Chapter One: The Rights and Involved Duties of Mankind Considered
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Trevor Kinblom AP English A Vindication of the Rights of Women Chapter Summaries Chapter One: The Rights and Involved Duties of Mankind Considered Thesis: Perfection of our nature and capability of happiness, must be estimated by the degree of reason, virtue, and knowledge, that distinguish the individual, and direct the laws which bind society: and that from exercise of reason, knowledge and virtue naturally flow, is equally undeniable, if mankind be viewed collectively. Conclusion: It is the pestiferous (dangerous to the morals of society) purple which renders the progress of civilization a curse, and warps the understanding, till men of sensibility doubt whether the expansion of intellect produces a greater portion of happiness or misery. Chapter Two: The Prevailing of a Sexual Character Discussed Thesis: To account for, and excuse the tyranny of man, many ingenious arguments have been brought forward to prove, that the two sexes, in the acquirement of virtue, ought to aim at attaining a...


