Lucrezia Marinella / Marguerite Deslauriers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deslauriers, Marguerite, 1956- author.

Series:

Cambridge Elements. Elements on women in the history of philosophy 2634-4645.

Elements on Women in the History of Philosophy Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (72 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

Lucrezia Marinella's (1571-1653) most important contributions to philosophy were two polemical treatises: The Nobility and excellence of Women, and the Defects and Vices of Men, and the Exhortations to Women and to Others if They Please. Marinella argues for the superiority of women over men in every respect: psychologically, physiologically, morally, and intellectually. She is particularly effective in using the resources of ancient philosophy to support her various arguments, in which she draws conclusions about the souls and the bodies of women, the nature and significance of women's beauty, the virtue of women and the liberty to which women as well as men are entitled. This Element showcases that her claim of superiority is intended ultimately to justify the possibility of political rule by women

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Mar 2024).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781009033923

1009033921

9781009033725

1009033727

9781009029162

1009029169