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Titre(s) : Women philosophers of eighteenth-century England [Texte imprimé] : selected correspondence / edited by Jacqueline Broad
Publication : New York (N.Y.) : Oxford university press, copyright 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xv-281 p.) ; 25 cm
Collection : Oxford new histories of philosophy
Lien à la collection : Oxford new histories of philosophy
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [267]-272. Notes bibliogr. Index
"This volume is an edited collection of the philosophical correspondences of three
English women of the eighteenth century: Mary Astell, Elizabeth Thomas, and Catharine
Trotter Cockburn. The selected correspondences include letters to and/or from John
Norris, George Hickes, Mary Chudleigh, Richard Hemington, John Locke, Ann Hepburn
Arbuthnot, and Edmund Law. Their epistolary exchanges range over a wide variety of
philosophical subjects, from questions about the love of God and other people, to
the causes of sensation in the mind, the metaphysical foundations of moral obligation,
and the importance of independence of judgement in one's moral choices and actions.
The volume includes a main introduction by the editor, which explains some of the
key themes and developments in the eighteenth-century letters, including an increased
awareness of other women's writings and of the concerns of women as a socio-political
group. It is argued that if we look beyond printed treatises alone, to the content
of these letters, it is possible to gain a fuller appreciation of women's involvement
in philosophical debates of the 1690s and early 1700s. To situate each woman's thought
in its historical-intellectual context, the volume includes original introductory
essays for each principal figure, showing how her correspondences relate either to
her contemporaries' ideas or to her own published views. The text also provides detailed
scholarly annotations, explaining obscure philosophical ideas and archaic words and
phrases in the letters. Among its critical apparatus, the volume also includes a note
on the texts, a bibliography, and an index"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Broad, Jacqueline. Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Thomas, Elizabeth (1677-1731)
Trotter, Catharine (1679-1749)
Astell, Mary (1666-1731)
Femmes philosophes -- Grande-Bretagne -- 18e siècle
Genre ou forme : Correspondance
Indice(s) Dewey :
192 (23e éd.) = Philosophie occidentale moderne - Îles britanniques
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780197506981. - ISBN 0197506984. - ISBN 9780197506998. - ISBN 0197506992. -
ISBN 9780197507018 (erroné). - ISBN 9780197507025 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb465289182
Notice n° :
FRBNF46528918
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