30 famous quotes from women philosophers
Virginia Woolf said that “for much of history, Anonymous was a woman.” For this reason, the overwhelming majority of quotes from famous people are signed by men.
At MagasIn, we have compiled phrases spoken by illustrious and ingenious women who are very philosophical..
The visibility of women in history, the use of feminine ancestral wisdom as masculine wisdom is used, will serve so that one day we will not have to emphasize this issue, because naturally, we will use them in a balanced way.
Defend your right to think, because even thinking wrongly is better than not thinking (Hypatia of Alexandria).
I do not study to know more, but to ignore less (Sor Juana Inés De la Cruz).
The love of studying is the most necessary passion for our happiness; It is a source of inexhaustible pleasure (Émilie Marquise du Châtelet).
Strength and mind are opposites. Morality ends where the gun begins (Ayn Rand).
Woman, wake up, the call of reason is heard throughout the universe; recognize your rights (Olympe de Gouges).
I do not wish women to have power over men, but over themselves (Mary Wollstonecraft).
To achieve something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus gain experience (Teresa de Ávila).
When we are able to know ourselves, we are rarely wrong about our destiny. (Germaine de Staël).
Women are worse nourished than men, have a lower level of health, and are more vulnerable to physical violence and sexual abuse (Martha Nussbaum).
That which fills the human mind with uncommon and honest delight is appropriate for woman (Anna Maria van Schurman).
I cannot live according to examples nor will I ever represent an example for anyone, but instead I will shape my own life according to myself (Lou Andreas-Salomé).
If democracy were to be defined, it could be done by saying that it is the society in which being a person is not only allowed, but required (María Zambrano).
Educating emotionally involves both determining what should excite us, and the extent to which we should be excited (Victoria Camps).
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking is dangerous (Hannah Arendt).
You are not born a woman, you become one (Simone de Beauvoir).
You have to do the possible to achieve the impossible (Simone Weil).
A coarse nature is worse than a brute nature, much as man is better than a beast, and those who are of civil nature and gentle dispositions are as much nearer to celestial creatures as those who are coarse and cruel are, to them. demons (Margaret Cavendish).
It is necessary to undertake a Copernican revolution regarding sexual difference. Men need to realize that they really are not the center. And even if they now identify with the sun, they must not lose sight of the fact that the earth (women) rotates on itself (Luce Irigaray).
We are human precisely because we are capable of idealizing (Julia Kristeva).
How many centuries does reason need to reach the justice that the heart understands instantly (Concepción Arenal).
If the state had a gender perspective, if it were more democratic, there would be no social tolerance for violence against women and therefore feminicide (Marcela Lagarde).
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, patience and passion to reach for the stars to change the world (Harriet Tubman).
When they tried to silence me, I screamed (Teresa Wilms Montt).
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful and committed citizens can change the world. In fact, they are the only ones who have ever done it (Margaret Mead).
When you want democracy you want feminism (Celia Amorós).
If we want to be cautious, we should not take high self-confidence as if it were a guarantee of something (Elizabeth Loftus).
In the darkness, the things around us seem no more real than dreams (Murasaki Shikibu).
One never becomes better, but different and older, and that is always a pleasure (Gertrude Stein).
A woman’s worst enemy is the pulpit (Susan B. Anthony).
I’m not accepting the things I can’t change, I’m changing the things I can’t accept (Angela Davis).