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En 1793, la escritora de la primera reivindicación de los derechos de la mujer, Olympe de Gouges, fue guillotinada en la actual Place de la Concorde de París. En plena Revolución francesa, de Gouges se convierte en una de las intelectuales más osadas de su tiempo: empuñaba su pluma para escribir tratados, diatribas, ensayos epistolares e incluso teatro abolicionista, enfrentando los incesantes sabotajes de sus pares políticos y literarios.Estos escritos, que ella misma imprimía en ...

Olympe de Gouges, though a well-known historical figure, has not been investigated as a philosopher until quite recently. Yet, many of her writings have philosophical import, whether they are written in the genre of the philosophical treatise, drama or political pamphlets. In the three main sections, the author gives an overview of some of her arguments, showing their originality and their relevance to debates contemporary to her and to us. In the introduction, the author addresses the que...

If you had been living in France in the 1990s, the language you would have heard on the radio and television or seen in the newspapers would be far removed from the French language of ten or twenty years ago. The country and its language have changed tremendously in a relatively short period of time, and, as a result, English speakers with a grounding in French can still find themselves struggling to understand terms commonly encountered in contemporary French society. Luckily, Eleanor and...

Essays of Michel De Montaigne Michel De Montaigne Translated by Charles Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazlitt 1877 The Essays of Michel de Montaigne are contained in three books and 107 chapters of variable length. Montaigne's stated design in writing, publishing and revising the Essays over the period from approximately 1570 to 1592 was to record for the 'private benefit of friends and kinsmen ... some traits of my character and of my humours.' The Essays were first published in 1580 and...

Olympe de Gouges has been called illiterate, immoral, and insane while being mentioned solely for her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and [the female] Citizen. This book uncovers her radical views of the self, the family, and the state and accounts for her vision of increasing female agency and decreasing the entitlements of aristocratic males.

Olympe de Gouges was the most important fighter for women's rights you've never heard of.An activist and writer in revolutionary Paris, she published 'The Declaration of the Rights of Women' in 1791, and was beheaded two years later, her articulate demands for equality proving too much for their time.Over one hundred and fifty years later, the key statements of her declaration were internationally endorsed by the United Nations in its Declaration on the Elimination of Dis...

The 'Harvard Classics Anthology - Complete 51 Volumes' is a monumental collection that beckons readers into the depth and breadth of centuries' worth of wisdom and creative expression. This compendium embraces a variety of themes, ranging from the philosophical inquiries of existence and morality to the dazzling flights of literary imagination. Through essays, plays, poetry, and philosophical discourses, this anthology showcases a marvelous spectrum of human thought and artistry. Standout ...

The Complete Essays of Montaigne gathers one of the foundational works of modern prose: a vast, digressive, intimate inquiry into judgment, custom, friendship, education, mortality, conscience, and the unstable self. Written in a supple, conversational style that moves between classical quotation, anecdote, skepticism, and startling self-exposure, the Essays helped invent the essay as a literary form. Situated between Renaissance humanism and early modern doubt, Montaigne's work transforms...

Extrait :Madame,Peu faite au langage que l’on tient aux Rois, je n’emploierai point l’adulation des Courtisans pour vous faire hommagede cette singulière production. Mon but, Madame, est de vous parler franchement ; je n’ai pas attendu pour m’exprimerainsi, l’époque de la Liberté ; je me suis montrée avec la même énergie dans un temps où l’aveuglement des Despotespunissait une si noble audace.Lorsque tout l’Empire vous accusait et vous rendait resp...

Madame,Peu faite au langage que l’on tient aux Rois, je n’emploierai point l’adulation des Courtisans pour vous faire hommagede cette singulière production. Mon but, Madame, est de vous parler franchement ; je n’ai pas attendu pour m’exprimerainsi, l’époque de la Liberté ; je me suis montrée avec la même énergie dans un temps où l’aveuglement des Despotespunissait une si noble audace.Lorsque tout l’Empire vous accusait et vous rendait responsable de ses c...

After an accident stole his surfing career, Ashton Evans has a chance to reinvent his life by photographing the leaders of the World Surfing League. The problem? Summer Roberts is his first client. Now the woman he can't forget is spending long, hot Indonesian days in front of his lens. In a bikini. And worse, she's steaming up his nights.But no matter how tempting Summer is, Ashton must keep his hands to himself. For the sake of her career, Summer is pretending she's ...

Olympe de Gouges, 1789'da Erkek Hakları Bildirgesi’ne eşdeğer bir Kadın Hakları Bildirgesi önerdi ve burada tüm erkek ayrıcalıklarının kaldırılması çağrısında bulundu.SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR“Ey erkek, adil olmayı becerebilir misin? Bu soruyu bir kadın soruyor sana! En azından bu hakkını yok sayamazsın onun. Söyle bana, kim verdi sana benim cinsiyetimi ezen egemenlik hakkını? Gücün mü? Yeteneklerin mi? Yaratıcının bilgeliğine başvur; eğer cesaretin varsa yakınlaşmayı ister göründ...