Audre Lorde
1934–1992
“The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. Difference is creative power.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- TETrust in Experience8 / 10
- CECommunal Embeddedness8 / 10
- VAVital Affirmation7 / 10
- WPWill to Power7 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Bhimrao AmbedkarFORGE
Annihilation of Caste — conversion to Buddhism as moral rebellion.
- RousseauFORGE
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. Civilization corrupts. The general will.
- bell hooksFORGE
Love as transformative practice. Engaged pedagogy. Patriarchy hurts everyone.
- Tom PaineFORGE
Rights of Man — common sense against monarchy and dogma.
- Frances WrightFORGE
Free thought, abolition, equal education — a Course of Popular Lectures.
- Anna Julia CooperFORGE
A Voice from the South — Black women as the measure of any republic.
Side-by-side with other philosophers, dimension by dimension.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Audre Lorde's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Audre Lorde or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREAudre Lorde vs Bhimrao AmbedkarOn Mull's map Bhimrao Ambedkar sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶