De L’Égalité des Deux Sexes, Discours Physique et Moral, où l’on voit l’importance de se défaire des Préjugez

by Poulain Poullain, François de la Barre

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First edition

Paris: Jean de Puis, 1673. Full original calf, gilt spine. 16 , 243, 5 pp. First edition of this essential book in the history of feminism, a turning point of feminist argumentation and philosophy.François Poulain Poullain de la Barre b. 1647 in Paris rejected the dogmatic reasoning style of his scholastic education in writing this foundational feminist text. It is the first of three works,

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