![]() In Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) she argued against Irish statesman and political theorist Edmund Burke's (1729-1797) conservative attack on the ideals of the French Revolution (liberty, equality, fraternity). What were Wollstonecraft's main political ideas? ![]() She also wrote novels, an autobiographical travel essay, and shorter works on education. She wrote at the time of the French Revolution and contributed to democratic ideas, generally, in Vindication of the Rights of Men, as well as to arguments for the equality of women in Vindication of the Rights of Women. Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) is considered the founder of modern feminism in the West. Enlightenment thought in general had a powerful effect on the American colonies and the establishing principles of the United States of America. Voltaire (Frangois-Marie Arouet 1694-1778) brought key philosophical ideas to a wider audience. The French philosophes, particularly the encyclopedists, contributed radical ideas about society and government. ![]() Her husband was anarchist and political philosopher William Godwin (1756-1836), known for his determinist utilitarianism. She contributed the foundations for feminist thought. ![]() ![]() Which of the other Enlightenment thinkers were most directly relevant to philosophy?Īmong the other Enlightenment thinkers of note in the area of philosophy is Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797), the mother of Frankenstein novelist Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. ![]()
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