Princess Elisabeth Of Bohemia

Author : Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia,René Descartes
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226204444

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The Correspondence between Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia and René Descartes by Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia,René Descartes Pdf

Between the years 1643 and 1649, Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia (1618–80) and René Descartes (1596–1650) exchanged fifty-eight letters—thirty-two from Descartes and twenty-six from Elisabeth. Their correspondence contains the only known extant philosophical writings by Elisabeth, revealing her mastery of metaphysics, analytic geometry, and moral philosophy, as well as her keen interest in natural philosophy. The letters are essential reading for anyone interested in Descartes’s philosophy, in particular his account of the human being as a union of mind and body, as well as his ethics. They also provide a unique insight into the character of their authors and the way ideas develop through intellectual collaboration. Philosophers have long been familiar with Descartes’s side of the correspondence. Now Elisabeth’s letters—never before available in translation in their entirety—emerge this volume, adding much-needed context and depth both to Descartes’s ideas and the legacy of the princess. Lisa Shapiro’s annotated edition—which also includes Elisabeth’s correspondence with the Quakers William Penn and Robert Barclay—will be heralded by students of philosophy, feminist theorists, and historians of the early modern period.

Author : Renée Jeffery
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781498568890

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Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia by Renée Jeffery Pdf

Elisabeth of Bohemia (1618–1680) was the daughter of the Elector Palatine, Frederick V, King of Bohemia, and Elizabeth Stuart, the daughter of King James VI and I of Scotland and England. A princess born into one of the most prominent Protestant dynasties of the age, Elisabeth was one of the great female intellectuals of seventeenth-century Europe. This book examines her life and thought. It is the story of an exiled princess, a grief-stricken woman whose family was beset by tragedy and whose life was marked by poverty, depression, and chronic illness. It is also the story of how that same woman’s strength of character, unswerving faith, and extraordinary mind saw her emerge as one of the most renowned scholars of the age. It is the story of how one woman navigated the tumultuous waters of seventeenth-century politics, religion, and scholarship, fought for her family’s ancestral rights, and helped established one of the first networks of female scholars in Western Europe. Drawing on her correspondence with René Descartes, as well as the letters, diaries, and writings of her family, friends, and intellectual associates, this book contributes to the recovery of Elisabeth’s place in the history of philosophy. It demonstrates that although she is routinely marginalized in contemporary accounts of seventeenth-century thought, overshadowed by the more famous male philosophers she corresponded with, or dismissed as little more than a “learned maiden,” Elisabeth was a philosopher in her own right who made a significant contribution to modern understandings of the relationship between the body and the mind, challenged dominant accounts of the nature of the emotions, and provided insightful commentaries on subjects as varied as the nature and causes of illness to the essence of virtue and Machiavelli’s The Prince.

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1989-12-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781624661983

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Passions of the Soul by René Descartes Pdf

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Translator's Introduction Introduction by Genevieve Rodis-Lewis The Passions of the Soul: Preface PART I: About the Passions in General, and Incidentally about the Entire Nature of Man PART II: About the Number and Order of the Passions, and the Explanation of the Six Primitives PART III: About the Particular Passions Lexicon: Index to Lexicon Bibliography Index Index Locorum

Author : Sabrina Ebbersmeyer,Sarah Hutton
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030715274

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Elisabeth of Bohemia (1618–1680): A Philosopher in her Historical Context by Sabrina Ebbersmeyer,Sarah Hutton Pdf

This book showcases Elisabeth of Bohemia, Princess Palatine (1618-1680), one of the foremost female minds of the 17th century. Best known today for her important correspondence with the philosopher René Descartes, Elisabeth was famous in her own time for her learning, philosophical acumen, and mathematical brilliance. She was also well-connected in the seventeenth-century intellectual circles. Elisabeth’s status as a woman philosopher is emblematic of both the possibilities and limitations of women's participation in the republic of letters and of their subsequent fate in history. Few sources containing her own views survive, and until recently there has been no work on Elisabeth as a thinker in her own right. This volume brings together an international team of scholars to discuss her work from a cross-disciplinary perspective on the occasion of her fourth centenary. It is the first collection of essays to examine a range of her interests and to discuss them in relation to her historical context. The studies presented here discuss her educational background, her friendships and contacts, her interest in politics, religion, and astronomy, as well as her views on politics, her moral philosophy and her engagement with Cartesianism. The volume will appeal to historians of philosophy, historians of political thought, philosophers, feminists and seventeenth-century historians.

Author : Lawrence Nolan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1009362542

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The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon by Lawrence Nolan Pdf

The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon is the definitive reference source on René Descartes, "the father of modern philosophy" and arguably among the most important philosophers of all time. Examining the full range of Descartes' achievements and legacy, it includes 256 in-depth entries that explain key concepts relating to his thought. Cumulatively they uncover interpretative disputes, trace his influences, and explain how his work was received by critics and developed by followers. There are entries on topics such as certainty, cogito ergo sum, doubt, dualism, free will, God, geometry, happiness, human being, knowledge, Meditations on First Philosophy, mind, passion, physics, and virtue, which are written by the largest and most distinguished team of Cartesian scholars ever assembled for a collaborative research project - 92 contributors from ten countries.

Author : Nadine Akkerman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780199668304

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Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Hearts by Nadine Akkerman Pdf

Elizabeth Stuart is one the most misrepresented - and underestimated - figures of the seventeenth century. This biography reveals the impact that she had on both England and Europe

Author : Queen Elizabeth (consort of Frederick I, King of Bohemia)
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1223 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780199551088

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The Correspondence of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, Volume II by Queen Elizabeth (consort of Frederick I, King of Bohemia) Pdf

The Correspondence of Elizabeth Stuart is the first complete edition of Elizabeth Stuart's letters ever published. Volume II covers the years between 1632 and 1642: Elizabeth's life as a widow controlling the regency during her eldest son's minority and imprisonment.

Author : Margaret Atherton
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0872202593

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Women Philosophers of the Early Modern Period by Margaret Atherton Pdf

An invaluable complement to the standards works in early modern philosophy, this anthology introduces an important selection from the largely unknown writings of women philosophers of the early modern period. Readings comment on major works of the period and are easily integrated into courses in the history of modern philosophy. Included are letters to prominent philosophers, philosophical tracts arguing a particular view, and comments on controversies of the day. Each section 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. -- from back cover.

Author : Andrea Nye
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0847692655

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The Princess and the Philosopher by Andrea Nye Pdf

For a number of years, those interested in recovering women's thought have known about Princess Elisabeth, a seventeenth-century correspondent, friend, and an acute, persistent critic of Descartes's philosophy. Her questions provoked the philosopher to think more seriously about ethics and the passions, as Elisabeth found his answer--that an all-powerful God can do anything--extremely unsatisfactory. Up to now, only a few of her letters have found their way into print. This volume includes translations of all of Elisabeth's extant letters to Descartes, as well as of other materials relevant to understanding her philosophical perspective and her life. Andrea Nye analyzes the correspondence between Elisabeth and Descartes to support the thesis that Elisabeth developed and defended a worldly philosophy of life in opposition to the unworldly rules Descartes offered for living a tranquil and happy life. Nye has supplemented the translations with a running commentary on the historical, biographical, and intellectual context of the letters.

Author : Steven Nadler
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 843 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-25
Category : Philosophy, French
ISBN : 9780198796909

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The Oxford Handbook of Descartes and Cartesianism by Steven Nadler Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Descartes and Cartesianism comprises fifty specially written chapters on Rene Descartes (1596-1650) and Cartesianism, the dominant paradigm for philosophy and science in the seventeenth century, written by an international group of leading scholars of early modern philosophy. The first part focuses on the various aspects of Descartes's biography (including his background, intellectual contexts, writings, and correspondence) and philosophy, with chapters on his epistemology, method, metaphysics, physics, mathematics, moral philosophy, political thought, medical thought, and aesthetics. The chapters of the second part are devoted to the defense, development and modification of Descartes's ideas by later generations of Cartesian philosophers in France, the Netherlands, Italy, and elsewhere. The third and final part considers the opposition to Cartesian philosophy by other philosophers, as well as by civil, ecclesiastic, and academic authorities. This handbook provides an extensive overview of Cartesianism - its doctrines, its legacies and its fortunes - in the period based on the latest research.

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191507076

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The Passions of the Soul and Other Late Philosophical Writings by René Descartes Pdf

'Those most capable of being moved by passion are those capable of tasting the most sweetness in this life.' Descartes is most often thought of as introducing a total separation of mind and body. But he also acknowledged the intimate union between them, and in his later writings he concentrated on understanding this aspect of human nature. The Passions of the Soul is his greatest contribution to this debate. It contains a profound discussion of the workings of the emotions and of their place in human life - a subject that increasingly engages the interest of philosophers and intellectual and cultural historians. It also sets out a view of ethics that has been seen as a radical reorientation of moral philosophy. This volume also includes both sides of the correspondence with Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia, one of Descartes's keenest disciples and shrewdest critics, which played a crucial role in the genesis of The Passions, as well as the first part of The Principles of Philosophy, which sets out the key positions of Descartes's philosophical system. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Author : Carol Pal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107018211

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Republic of Women by Carol Pal Pdf

Carol Pal reconstructs a forgotten network of female scholars and rewrites the intellectual biography of the seventeenth-century republic of letters.

Author : Deborah J. Brown,Calvin G. Normore
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10
Category : Ontology
ISBN : 9780198836810

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Descartes and the Ontology of Everyday Life by Deborah J. Brown,Calvin G. Normore Pdf

The seventeenth century was a period of extraordinary invention, discovery and revolutions in scientific, social and political orders. It was a time of expansive automation, biological discovery, rapid advances in medical knowledge, of animal trials and a questioning of the boundaries between species, human and non-human, between social classes, and of the assumed naturalness of political inequality. This book gives a tour through those objects, ordinary and extraordinary, which captivated the philosophical imagination of the single most important French philosopher of this period, Rene Descartes. Deborah J. Brown and Calvin G. Normore document Descartes' attempt to make sense of the complex, composite objects of human and divine invention, consistent with the fundamental tenets of his metaphysical system. Their central argument is that, far from reducing all the categories of ordinary experience to the two basic categories of substance, mind and body, Descartes' philosophy recognises irreducible composites that resist reduction, and require their own distinctive modes of explanation.

Author : Roy Strong,National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UOM:39015015257531

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Tudor & Jacobean Portraits by Roy Strong,National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) Pdf

Author : Charlotte-Elisabeth Orléans (duchesse d')
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021635052

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Letters from Liselotte by Charlotte-Elisabeth Orléans (duchesse d') Pdf

Married in 1672, at 19, to Louis XIV's bisexual brother, the Duke of Orleans, Liselotte began her voluminous and fascinating correspondence from the Court of Versailles which she continued until her death 50 years later, making her the greatest chronicler of her day.