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
Her Toward a Critique of Femininity treats culture's gender as a constructed prison.
- Christine de PizanFORGE
City of Ladies — virtue is not gendered; reason is the common ground.
- Harriet Taylor MillFORGE
Her Enfranchisement of Women is the argument that ran through Mill's pen.
- Catharine MacaulayFORGE
Her History of England argues for republican virtue and women's equal capacity.
- Catharine MacKinnonFORGE
Her Feminist Theory of the State makes sexual hierarchy the deepest politics.
- Drucilla CornellFORGE
In 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 ▶