Catharine Macaulay 1731 – 1791
Catharine Macaulay (1731 – 1791) was an English philosopher of the Modern era, associated with Enlightenment, Feminism, and Political Philosophy.
Catharine Macaulay was an English historian and republican political philosopher whose eight-volume History of England from the Accession of James I to the Hanoverian Succession was one of the most widely read English histories of the eighteenth century. Loose Remarks on Certain Positions to Be Found in Mr Hobbes's Philosophical Rudiments and her Letters on Education defended a republican view of liberty against Hobbesian sovereignty and an egalitarian education for women on broadly Lockean grounds. She corresponded with George Washington, John Adams, and the young Mary Wollstonecraft, who saw her as a precursor and a model.
Key facts
- Nationality
- English
- Era
- Modern
- Movements
- Enlightenment, Feminism, Political Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Catharine Macaulay:
“Liberty is the right and duty of every reasoning being.”
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Attributed to Catharine Macaulay:
“Education must form the character before the mind, or it forms neither well.”
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Attributed to Catharine Macaulay:
“A government founded on coercion is a government in flight from its own legitimacy.”
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Attributed to Catharine Macaulay:
“Reason knows no sex; whoever can reason has a claim to the fruits of reason.”
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Attributed to Catharine Macaulay:
“History is the patient teacher of the present.”
Frequently asked about Catharine Macaulay
- When did Catharine Macaulay live?
- Catharine Macaulay was born in 1731 and died in 1791.
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- Catharine Macaulay was an English philosopher of the Modern era.
- What philosophical movements is Catharine Macaulay associated with?
- Catharine Macaulay was associated with Enlightenment, Feminism, and Political Philosophy.
- What was Catharine Macaulay known for?
- Catharine Macaulay was an English historian and republican political philosopher whose eight-volume History of England from the Accession of James I to the Hanoverian Succession was one of the most widely read English histories of the eighteenth century.
- How many quotes are attributed to Catharine Macaulay?
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