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The absurd duty, too often inculcated, of obeying a parent only on account of his being a parent, shackles the mind, and prepares it for a slavish submission to any power but reason.

Mary Wollstonecraft
Parent, Mind, Reason
Mary Wollstonecraft (2015). “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”, p.190, Booklassic
The absurd duty, too often inculcated, of obeying a parent only on account of his being a parent, shackles the mind, and prepares it for a slavish submission to any power but reason.