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Wollstonecraft's Intellectual Fearlessness
- Mary Wollstonecraft was intellectually fearless and committed to following her ideas wherever they led.
- She defended reason as the basis of politics, opposing Burke's sentiment-based conservatism.
Contrasting Views on Reason in Politics
- Hobbes saw reason as a limit to politics, anchoring order that allows space for unreason.
- Wollstonecraft viewed reason and passion as a journey that must co-exist and develop together.
Gender as Emblem of Political Division
- Gender relations reflect a deeper political division between reason and feeling.
- Men claim power through reason while women are confined to expressing power via sentiment, corrupting both.