4th Thesis. Without the magnetic influence of man, woman would not emerge from the bestial state.
Antithesis. Without the magnetic influence of woman, man would be but a ferocious beast.
5th Thesis. The woman who philosophises and writes, destroys her progeny; she had better go iron her collars; she is good for nothing but to be concubine or courtesan.
Antithesis. Woman should participate in the philosophy and speculations of man, and popularize them by her writings.
6th Thesis. The conversation of woman exhausts, enervates; he who wishes to preserve intact the force of his mind and body, will flee her.
Antithesis. The conversation of woman refreshes the most eminent men.
7th Thesis. Woman has an infirm conscience; she is immoral, anti-judicial; she is worth nothing as to moral responsibility until forty-five years of age.
Antithesis. Woman is the mirror of the conscience of man, the incarnation of this conscience; through her alone justice becomes possible; she is the guardian of morals; she is superior to man in moral beauty.
8th Thesis. Woman is without virtue.
Antithesis. Woman excels in tolerance; through her, man learns constancy and true heroism.