Mary Astell: Theorist of Freedom from DominationPhilosopher, theologian, educational theorist, feminist and political pamphleteer, Mary Astell was an important figure in the history of ideas of the early modern period. Among the first systematic critics of John Locke's entire corpus, she is best known for the famous question which prefaces her Reflections on Marriage: 'If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?' She is claimed by modern Republican theorists and feminists alike but, as a Royalist High Church Tory, the peculiar constellation of her views sits uneasily with modern commentators. Patricia Springborg's study addresses these apparent paradoxes, recovering the historical and philosophical contexts to her thought. She shows that Astell was not alone in her views; rather, she was part of a cohort of early modern women philosophers who were important for the reception of Descartes and who grappled with the existential problems of a new age. |
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... Human Rights 230 Appendix : Glossary and Select Biographical Notes Notes Select Bibliography Primary Texts Index Secondary Texts 239 257 317 317 327 347 Acknowledgements This book grew out of my project to publish Contents ix.
... Human Rights 230 Appendix : Glossary and Select Biographical Notes Notes Select Bibliography Primary Texts Index Secondary Texts 239 257 317 317 327 347 Acknowledgements This book grew out of my project to publish Contents ix.
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... human beings have property in their own selves and cannot therefore consistently argue that the self can be alienated by slavery . Her arguments for freedom from domination surely rest on different grounds , namely , the integrity of ...
... human beings have property in their own selves and cannot therefore consistently argue that the self can be alienated by slavery . Her arguments for freedom from domination surely rest on different grounds , namely , the integrity of ...
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... Human Understand- ing of 1690 , his ' Remarks upon Some of Mr. Norris ' Books , wherein he asserts P. Malebranche's Opinion of seeing all Things in God ' of 1693 , and The Reasonableness of Christianity of 1695 , have strongly polemical ...
... Human Understand- ing of 1690 , his ' Remarks upon Some of Mr. Norris ' Books , wherein he asserts P. Malebranche's Opinion of seeing all Things in God ' of 1693 , and The Reasonableness of Christianity of 1695 , have strongly polemical ...
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... human agency and the capacity for personal salvation that belong to the reception of Descartes and concern the stand- ing of the Malebranchistes , Port Royal Jansenists and Cambridge Platonists ; second , to practical questions of ...
... human agency and the capacity for personal salvation that belong to the reception of Descartes and concern the stand- ing of the Malebranchistes , Port Royal Jansenists and Cambridge Platonists ; second , to practical questions of ...
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... human race denied the right to formal schooling at all . It was on the issue of education that they tended to be most outspokenly feminist , and no one more famously than Astell . The issue of Astell's feminism requires an admission on ...
... human race denied the right to formal schooling at all . It was on the issue of education that they tended to be most outspokenly feminist , and no one more famously than Astell . The issue of Astell's feminism requires an admission on ...
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