Dialogues Concerning Education (1745) [ Concepts / Practices ]
… can have for nourishing our Vanity as you do. – But ‘tis, it seems, the Fate of our weak Sex, to be always treated like Children – You throw us fine Toys and Gew-gaws to amuse us, and when you see us taken with the shining Trifles, you carry … Discipline. Simp . I am sorry you think our Sex pay so little Regard to your Sense and Merit, as to treat you like Children – if the End of all our Pursuits, is only to get possession of you, it is a shrewd Suspicion, we esteem you a … of Fraud, we render it not only useless, but also hurtful." … Education … Conversation … Gender … Friendship … Children … Texte taken from David Fordyce, Dialogues Concerning Education . London, [s.n.], 1745, vol. 1, p. 45-49. …
Education | Conversation | Gender | Friendship | Children
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