Sarah Hutton sets Anne Conway in her historical and philosophical context in this intellectual biography of one of the very first English women philosophers. Hutton traces Conway's intellectual development in relation to friends and associates, and documents her interest in religion--which extended beyond Christian orthodoxy to Quakerism, Judaism and Islam. Her book offers insight into the personal life of a very private woman, and the richness of seventeenth-century intellectual culture.
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"Hutton deals with both the biographical and the philosophical, placing both their historical context. Clearly written, with a good bibliography." CHOICE
"[Anne Conway] was a sharp and perceptive thinker, and she occupies a node in the intellectual culture of the seventeenth century that, if given due attention, will reveal to us uite a bit about what was at stake in the great debates of the time, and what the range of possible positions was. Hutton shows this succinctly and well..her book constitutes in itself an argument for the importance of the so-called minor figures in early modern philosophy for anyone wishing to come to a profound understanding of the period." --Justin E.H. Smith, Concordia University: Philosophy in Review
"[Anne Conway] was a sharp and perceptive thinker, and she occupies a node in the intellectual culture of the seventeenth century that, if given due attention, will reveal to us uite a bit about what was at stake in the great debates of the time, and what the range of possible positions was. Hutton shows this succinctly and well..her book constitutes in itself an argument for the importance of the so-called minor figures in early modern philosophy for anyone wishing to come to a profound understanding of the period." --Justin E.H. Smith, Concordia University: Philosophy in Review
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This is the first intellectual biography of one of the very first English women philosophers. Sarah Hutton's study places Anne Conway in her historical and philosophical context, by reconstructing her social and intellectual milieu. She traces her intellectual development in relation to friends and associates, and documents Conway's interest in religion--an interest which extended beyond Christian orthodoxy to Quakerism, Judaism and Islam. Her book offers an insight into both the personal life of a very private woman, and the richness of seventeenth-century intellectual culture.
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Anne Conway was born on 14 December 1631. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ten sepiroth, kabbalae christianae, vital congruity, ens veneris, hylarchic principle, kabbalist texts, middle nature, ontological scale, extended soul, principia philosophiae, female philosophers, mechanical philosophy, incorporeal substance, vital action, manuscript treatise Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Anne Conway, Henry More, Lord Conway, John Finch, Two Hundred Queries, George Keith, Royal Society, Sir George Rawdon, Spirit of Nature, Margaret Cavendish, Robert Boyle, Viscount Conway, Princess Elizabeth, Ragley Hall, Edward Conway, Heneage Finch, Knorr von Rosenroth, Adam Kadmon, Cambridge Platonists, Valentine Greatrakes, Christ's College, Henry Stubbe, Seder Olam, William Penn, Jeremy Taylor New!
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Anne Conway was born on 14 December 1631. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ten sepiroth, kabbalae christianae, vital congruity, ens veneris, hylarchic principle, kabbalist texts, middle nature, ontological scale, extended soul, principia philosophiae, female philosophers, mechanical philosophy, incorporeal substance, vital action, manuscript treatise Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Anne Conway, Henry More, Lord Conway, John Finch, Two Hundred Queries, George Keith, Royal Society, Sir George Rawdon, Spirit of Nature, Margaret Cavendish, Robert Boyle, Viscount Conway, Princess Elizabeth, Ragley Hall, Edward Conway, Heneage Finch, Knorr von Rosenroth, Adam Kadmon, Cambridge Platonists, Valentine Greatrakes, Christ's College, Henry Stubbe, Seder Olam, William Penn, Jeremy Taylor New!
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- The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) by Anne Conway on 9 pages
- Philosophical Writings by Rene Descartes on 7 pages
- The Cambridge Platonists by Theosophical Publishing on 4 pages
- History of the Royal Society by Thomas Sprat on page 127, page 132, and Back Matter
- Margaret Cavendish: Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) by Margaret Cavendish on page 113, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Eight Women Philosophers: Theory, Politics, and Feminism by Jane Duran in Back Matter
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