Identify the person who said the following: "Impressed by ... the misery and disorder which pervaded society, and fatigued with jostling against artificial fools, Rousseau became enamored of solitude ... Raised on a false hypothesis his arguments in favour of a state of nature are plausible but unsound."

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Alessandro Hutchinson

13 October, 11:09

Identify the person who said the following: "Impressed by ... the misery and disorder which pervaded society, and fatigued with jostling against artificial fools, Rousseau became enamored of solitude ... Raised on a false hypothesis his arguments in favour of a state of nature are plausible but unsound."

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Reese Wiley · Answer 1

Mary Wollstonecraft

Explanation:

Mary Wollstonecraft, a notable female writer known most for "A vindication of the Rights of Woman", a response to French Englightment.

It can be represented as a feminist who saw educating girls only to the age of eight, as they were also to be trained in domestic activities at home. She stood up against Jean J Rousseau, as to his novels like Emilie present arguable ideas were he saw women were to be educated to serve men. Mary, presented women as capable of being more than the traditional roles of mother and wife.

He argues also against republican views and aristrocracy, she is one of the first female figures to engage in debates with men of high regard

To note:

Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790)

Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)