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feleség (etymological argument)
feleség
Madách's argument that the Hungarian word for 'wife' (feleség, from fele, 'half') encodes a uniquely Magyar conception of marriage as a partnership of equals — the husband's 'better half' rather than his ward or property.
Reading notes
- On Women and Their Vocation §1 feleség
Madách's argument that the Hungarian word for 'wife' (feleség, from fele, 'half') encodes a uniquely Magyar conception of marriage as a partnership of equals — the husband's 'better half' rather than his ward or property.