Marie de Gournay 1565 – 1645
Marie de Gournay (1565 – 1645) was a French philosopher of the Modern era, associated with Feminism and Renaissance.
Marie le Jars de Gournay was a French writer, editor, and philosopher, the adopted daughter and literary executor of Michel de Montaigne. After Montaigne's death she edited his Essays and wrote a major preface defending his work, while pursuing an independent career as a polemicist, translator, and theorist of language. Her treatises The Equality of Men and Women and The Ladies' Grievance argued for women's intellectual and social equality at a time when such claims were rarely advanced. She was one of the most learned women of her age and lived independently in Paris into her eighties.
Key facts
- Nationality
- French
- Era
- Modern
- Movements
- Feminism, Renaissance
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Marie de Gournay:
“There is no greater calamity than the suppression of the mind of a whole half of humanity.”
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Attributed to Marie de Gournay:
“Women, by nature, are equal to men in mind.”
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Attributed to Marie de Gournay:
“Any creature that thinks is fitted to be free.”
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Attributed to Marie de Gournay:
“The differences in capacity between men and women arise from education, not from nature.”
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Attributed to Marie de Gournay:
“Custom is the greatest tyrant of all.”
Marie de Gournay by topic
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- Marie le Jars de Gournay was a French writer, editor, and philosopher, the adopted daughter and literary executor of Michel de Montaigne.
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