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Full Idea
Women may well be educated, but they are not made for the higher sciences, for philosophy and certain artistic productions which require a universal element. …When women are in charge of government the state is in danger.
Gist of Idea
Even educated women are unsuited to science, philosophy, art and government
Source
Georg W.F.Hegel (Elements of the Philosophy of Right [1821], 166 add)
Book Ref
Hegel,Georg W.F.: 'Elements of the Philosophy of Right', ed/tr. Wood,Allen W. [CUP 1991], p.207
A Reaction
This makes unpleasant reading. Women have recently played a leading role in creating the Covid vaccines which may well have saved millions of lives. There were plenty of good women novelists around in Hegel's time.
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| 21006 | If women share rights with men, they will exhibit similar virtues [Wollstonecraft] |
| 22785 | Even educated women are unsuited to science, philosophy, art and government [Hegel] |
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