Judge Me on My Merits, or lack of them.
Judge me for my own merits, or lack of them, but do not look upon me as a mere appendage to this great general or that renowned scholar, this star that shines at the court of France or that famed author. I am in my own right a whole person, responsible to myself alone for all that I am, all that I say, all that I do. It may be that there are metaphysicians and philosophers whose leaming is greater than mine, although I have not met them. Yet, they are but frail humans, too, and have their faults; so, when I add the sum total of my graces, I confess that I am inferior to no one.'^
Notes:
Emilie du Chatelet writing to Frederick of Prussia.
Folksonomies: feminism
Taxonomies:
/food and drink/food/grains and pasta (0.500249)
/science/social science/philosophy (0.423129)
/travel/tourist destinations/france (0.329501)
Keywords:
Emilie du Chatelet (0.954734 (neutral:0.000000)), mere appendage (0.834176 (neutral:0.000000)), frail humans (0.763479 (negative:-0.375987)), renowned scholar (0.750414 (neutral:0.000000)), famed author (0.739164 (positive:0.593696)), sum total (0.718526 (neutral:0.000000)), merits (0.659082 (negative:-0.469570)), lack (0.625735 (negative:-0.568830)), Judge (0.607506 (negative:-0.469570)), leaming (0.535023 (neutral:0.000000)), graces (0.501786 (neutral:0.000000)), Prussia (0.501441 (neutral:0.000000)), faults (0.496570 (negative:-0.217903)), philosophers (0.480699 (neutral:0.000000)), Frederick (0.475677 (neutral:0.000000)), person (0.468390 (positive:0.359831)), right (0.451579 (positive:0.359831)), star (0.450475 (positive:0.593696)), court (0.450289 (positive:0.593696)), France (0.450215 (positive:0.593696))
Entities:
Emilie du Chatelet:Person (0.922775 (neutral:0.000000)), Frederick of Prussia:Facility (0.589375 (neutral:0.000000)), France:Country (0.397409 (positive:0.593696))
Concepts:
House of Hohenzollern (0.915350): website | dbpedia | freebase
French Revolution (0.777559): dbpedia | freebase
Voltaire (0.742351): dbpedia | freebase | yago
Jury (0.728980): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc
European Court of Justice (0.706053): geo | website | dbpedia | freebase
Judge (0.692473): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc
Selected Philosophical and Scientific Writings (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe)