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Women philosophers of eighteenth-century England : selected correspondence / Jacqueline Broad.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Broad, Jacqueline, author.
- Series:
- Oxford new histories of philosophy.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford new histories of philosophy
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy, English--18th century.
- Philosophy, English.
- Women philosophers--England--History--18th century.
- Women philosophers.
- Women philosophers--England--Correspondence.
- Astell, Mary, 1666-1731.
- Astell, Mary.
- Thomas, Elizabeth, 1677-1731.
- Thomas, Elizabeth.
- Trotter, Catharine, 1679-1749.
- Trotter, Catharine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- This is the second of two collections of correspondence written by English women philosophers. This volume covers the eighteenth century and focuses on the letters of Mary Astell, Elizabeth Thomas, and Catharine Trotter Cockburn. Editor Jacqueline Broad's annotations and introductions provide historical context and technical explanation for the modern reader. She situates the philosophers' contributions as significant in early modern thought and demonstrates philosophy's development in this time period as shaped by the participation of women thinkers.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 30, 2020).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-750701-8
- 0-19-750702-6
- 0-19-750700-X
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