Gabrielle Suchon Quotes
Gabrielle Suchon was a French philosopher and one of the most original feminist political philosophers of the Grand Siecle, who escaped the Dominican convent into which her family had placed her and lived as a freelance writer in seventeenth-century Lyon. Her Treatise on Morality and Politics, published in 1693 under the pseudonym G. The quotes below are attributed to Gabrielle Suchon, organized by topic.
Gabrielle Suchon on Freedom
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Attributed to Gabrielle Suchon:
“A woman who governs herself by reason owes obedience to no one but reason.”
Gabrielle Suchon on Justice
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Attributed to Gabrielle Suchon:
“What is denied to half the human race is denied to humanity itself.”
Gabrielle Suchon on Knowledge
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Attributed to Gabrielle Suchon:
“The schools of philosophy are closed to us; let domestic life become our school.”
Gabrielle Suchon on Love
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Attributed to Gabrielle Suchon:
“The celibate life freely chosen is not the renunciation of love, but the freedom to choose its objects.”
Gabrielle Suchon on Politics
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Attributed to Gabrielle Suchon:
“Women are deprived of liberty, of knowledge, and of authority; the philosopher must speak for them in turn.”