Woman Who Defends All the Persons of Her Sex - Selected Philosophical and Moral Writings

Zusammenfassung During the oppressive reign of Louis XIV, Gabrielle Suchon (1623-1703) was the most forceful female voice in France, advocating women's freedom and self-determination. This volume collects Suchon's writing from two works - "Treatise on Ethics and Politics" (1693) and "On the Celibate Life Freely Chosen; or, Life without Commitments" (1700).

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• Authors: Gabrielle Suchon, Gabrielle/ Stanton Suchon, Suchon Gabrielle
• Assisted by: Domna C. Stanton (Translation), Stanton Domna C. (Translation), Rebecca M. Wilkin (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2010
• EAN: 9780226779201
• ISBN: 978-0-226-77920-1
• No. of pages: 448
• Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Eu; Other Voice in Early Modern Eu; The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, C 1600 To C 1700