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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

Name: 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
Author: Mary Wollstonecraft

by Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797)

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"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" by Mary Wollstonecraft is a political pamphlet written in 1790. This fierce response attacks Edmund Burke's defense of monarchy and aristocracy, becoming the first salvo in a pamphlet war over the French Revolution. Wollstonecraft dismantles hereditary privilege and Burke's gendered rhetoric, advocating instead for republicanism and middle-class virtue. Her unabashedly feminist critique challenges a society built on women's passivity, contrasting Enlightenment progress with Burke's reliance on tradition.

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France · History · Revolution, 1789-1799 · Causes
Liberty
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797. Reflections on the revolution in France
Human rights

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PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON.
NO. 72, ST. PAUL’S CHURCH-YARD.

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Mr. Burke’s Reflections on the French Revolution first engaged my attention as the transient topic of the day; and reading it more for amusement than information, my indignation was roused by the sophistical arguments, that every moment crossed me, in the questionable shape of natural feelings and common sense.

Many pages of the following letter were the effusions of the moment; but, swelling imperceptibly to a considerable size, the idea was suggested of publishing a short vindication of the Rights of Men.

Not having leisure or patience to follow this desultory writer through all the devious tracks in which his fancy has started fresh game, I have confined my strictures, in a great measure, to the grand principles at which he has levelled many ingenious arguments in a very specious garb.

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This free edition of 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 by Mary Wollstonecraft comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #62757, released 2020-07-25. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Essays, Letters & Speeches, History - Modern (1750+), Philosophy & Ethics, Politics.

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