Women Philosophers of the Early Modern PeriodMargaret Atherton An important selection from the largely unknown writings of women philosophers of the early modern period. Each selection is prefaced by a headnote giving a biographical account of its author and setting the piece in historical context. Atherton's Introduction provides a solid framework for assessing these works and their place in modern philosophy. |
Contents
Margaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle | 22 |
Anne Viscountess Conway | 46 |
Damaris Cudworth Lady Masham | 77 |
Mary Astell | 96 |
Catharine Trotter Cockburn | 126 |
Lady Mary Shepherd | 147 |
Bibliography | 160 |
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according animate Anne Conway argues argument attributes believe Bishop Berkeley cause Cavendish ceive changeable changed Christ clear colors conceive concerning conscious consequence consider Conway corporeal motions creatures Cudworth Damaris Cudworth Masham deny Descartes discourse distinct divine doth earth Elisabeth Elisabeth of Bohemia Essay essence excellent excite existence extension faculties faithful friend farther figure give hath horse human hypothesis ideas immaterial immortality infinite John Hatchard judgment knowledge Lady Mary Shepherd LADY MASHAM Leibniz letters light Locke Locke's MADAM manner Margaret Cavendish Mary Astell mind motion or action moves the body never objects observe opinion perceive perception perfection permanent substance person plastic natures principles proof rational reason Remarker Ruth Perry self-motion sensations sensible qualities soul soul's species of things spirit stance suppose supposition Thomas Birch thought tion Trotter Cockburn truth ture understanding unto Viscountess Conway Wherefore whereof wisdom Women Philosophers
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