If a Woman can neither Love nor Honour, she does ill in promising to Obey. Mary Astell honourilllove Change image and share on social
The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons; to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it. Mary Astell considerationdesigndue share on social
We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess. Mary Astell profess Change image and share on social
If God had not intended that Women shou'd use their Reason, He wou'd not have given them any, 'for He does nothing in vain.' Mary Astell godintendreason Change image and share on social
It is not the Head but the Heart that is the Seat of Atheism. Mary Astell atheismheadheart Change image and share on social
Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom. Mary Astell distancegoodgrandeur Change image and share on social
Whilst our Hearts are violently set upon any thing, there is no convincing us that we shall ever be of another Mind. Mary Astell convinceheartmind Change image and share on social
He who will be just, must be forc'd to acknowledge, that neither Sex are always in the right. Mary Astell acknowledgeforcsex Change image and share on social
To all the rest of his Absurdities, (for vice is always unreasonable,) he adds one more, who expects that Vertue from another which he won't practise himself. Mary Astell absurdityaddexpect Change image and share on social
The Relation we bear to the Wisdom of the Father, the Son of His Love, gives us indeed a dignity which otherwise we have no pretence to. It makes us something, something considerable even in God's Eyes. Mary Astell bearconsiderabledignity share on social
