Outline of Critical Theory - Essence of Critical Theory

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“The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.”
—John Ruskin (1819–1900)

“The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.”
—Anita Brookner (b. 1938)

“Much of what contrives to create critical moments in parenting stems from a fundamental misunderstanding as to what the child is capable of at any given age. If a parent misjudges a child’s limitations as well as his own abilities, the potential exists for unreasonable expectations, frustration, disappointment and an unrealistic belief that what the child really needs is to be punished.”
—Lawrence Balter (20th century)

“The theory [before the twentieth century] ... was that all the jobs in the world belonged by right to men, and that only men were by nature entitled to wages. If a woman earned money, outside domestic service, it was because some misfortune had deprived her of masculine protection.”
—Rheta Childe Dorr (1866–1948)