Astell Marriage Response Question to Thesis

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It is hard to tell whether or not she is being entirely genuine when she suggests that some people might believe "a philosophical lady...would be too wise, and too good for the men (pg. 2287). On the one hand, this argument uses the assertions made by men (i.e. that women are in fact purer and "better") in a completely logical way, while on the other hand the naive way in which Astell interprets these assertions seems cynical and even bitter; an emotional rant rather than a logical argument.
The first reading seems to hold up the patriarchy, and the second most obviously and scathingly denigrates it. Is this essay simply a display of its author's cleverness, or is a true, heartfelt and logical treatise calling for the rights of….....

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