Our religious belief usurps the place of our sensations, our imaginations of our judgment. We no longer look to actions, trace their consequences, and then deduce the rule; we first make the rule, and then, right or wrong, force the action to square with it.
Frances Wright Quotes
Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against.
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| Birth: | 6th September, 1795 |
| Death: | 13th December, 1852 |
| Nationality: | Scottish |
| Profession: | Social Reformer, Writer |
About
Frances Wright was a Scottish-born lecturer, writer, freethinker, feminist, abolitionist, and social reformer, who became a U. S. citizen in 1825. That year she founded the Nashoba Commune in Tennessee as a utopian community to prepare slaves for emancipation, intending to create an egalitarian place, but it lasted only three years. Her Views of Society and Manners in America brought her the most attention as a critique of the new nation.
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