Women Philosophers of the Early Modern Period

by Atherton, Margaret

• ISBN13: 9780872202597
• ISBN10: 0872202593
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-10-01
• Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc

Summary

An important collection 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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia	p. 9
Selections from Her Correspondence with Descartes	p. 11
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle	p. 22
Selections from Philosophical Letters	p. 24
Anne Viscountess Conway	p. 46
Selections from The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy	p. 48
Damaris Cudworth, Lady Masham	p. 77
Selections from Her Correspondence with Leibniz	p. 80
Mary Astell	p. 96
Selections from A Serious Proposal to the Ladies	p. 99
Catharine Trotter Cockburn	p. 126
Selections from A Defense of Mr. Locke's Essay of Human Understanding	p. 128
Lady Mary Shepherd	p. 147
Selections from Essays on the Perception of an External Universe	p. 149
Bibliography	p. 160
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