Olympe de Gouges
1748–1793
“Declaration of the Rights of Woman — guillotined for taking liberty seriously.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- UIUniversalist Impulse8 / 10
- WPWill to Power7 / 10
- SRSkeptical Reflex7 / 10
- SSSovereign Self7 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Rosa MayrederFORGE
Toward a Critique of Femininity — culture's gender as constructed prison.
- Christine de PizanFORGE
City of Ladies — virtue is not gendered; reason is the common ground.
- Harriet Taylor MillFORGE
Enfranchisement of Women — argument that ran through Mill's pen.
- Catharine MacaulayFORGE
History of England — republican virtue and women's equal capacity.
- Catharine MacKinnonFORGE
Toward a Feminist Theory of the State — sexual hierarchy as the deepest politics.
- Drucilla CornellFORGE
The imaginary domain — equality requires room to imagine oneself otherwise.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Olympe de Gouges's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Olympe de Gouges or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREOlympe de Gouges vs Rosa MayrederOn Mull's map Rosa Mayreder 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 ▶