Marie de Gournay Quotes on Justice
Marie le Jars de Gournay was a French writer, editor, and philosopher, the adopted daughter and literary executor of Michel de Montaigne. This page collects quotes attributed to Marie de Gournay on the topic of justice, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
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.”