Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty.

Mary Astell

An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex

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Topic

Wealth as burden Downsides of wealth Wealth

Author

Mary Astell

Source

An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex

Medium

Essay

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1696 1690s 17th century

Occupation

Philosopher Feminist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Drake, Judith [published as written by a lady]. An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex. London: A. Roper and E. Wilkinson, 1696.

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Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd.

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Time
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The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.

Aristotle

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Corrosive effects of wealth Downsides of wealth Wealth Character Fools

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Aristotle
Source
Rhetoric
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
322 BC 320s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Aristotle. Rhetoric. 322 BC, bk. 2, pt. 16, sect. 3.

Current Citation

Aristotle. The Art of Rhetoric, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 2, pt. 16, sect. 3.