Princess and the Philosopher - Letters of Elisabeth of the Palatine to Renz Descartes

For a number of years, those interested in recovering women's thought have known about Princess Elisabeth, a seventeenth-century correspondent and friend of Descartes whose questions provoked the philosopher to think more seriously about ethics and the passions. 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. Nye has supplemented the translations with a running commentary on the historical, biographical, and intellectual context of the letters.

Sommario

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Prologue: A Terrible Grief
Chapter 3 1 The First Overtures
Chapter 4 2 Body and Soul
Chapter 5 3 The Scent of a Rose
Chapter 6 4 An Initial Disappointment
Chapter 7 5 The Uses of Metaphysics
Chapter 8 6 A Test
Chapter 9 7 The Philosophic Muse
Chapter 10 8 Doctor-Philosopher
Chapter 11 9 A Life Blessed with Happiness
Chapter 12 10 The Burdens of Civility
Chapter 13 11 A Discourse on Prudence
Chapter 14 12 The Consolations of Theology
Chapter 15 13 Traitor to the Cause
Chapter 16 14 A Silence between Friends
Chapter 17 15 Master of Passion
Chapter 18 16 A Certain Languor
Chapter 19 17 Murder in the Streets
Chapter 20 18 The Prince
Chapter 21 19 Magic Powers
Chapter 22 20 An Ungrateful Disciple
Chapter 23 21 An Accusation of Blasphemy
Chapter 24 22 A New Patroness
Chapter 25 23 The Purloined Letters
Chapter 26 24 Affairs of State
Chapter 27 25 On the Advantages of Partition and Death by Beheading
Chapter 28 26 A Royal Summons
Chapter 29 27 Reason in the Service of Sense
Chapter 30 28 In the Land of Ice and Snow
Chapter 31 Epilogue: The Abbess of Herford
Chapter 32 Notes
Chapter 33 Bibliography
Chapter 34 Index
Chapter 35 About the Author

Info autore

Andrea Nye

Riassunto

A collection of the translated letters of the 17th-century correspondent and friend of Descartes, Princess Elisabeth. Her questions provoked Descartes to think about ethics and the passions. The volume contains a running commentary on the historical, biographical and intellectual context.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Princess Elisabeth, Andera Nye, Andrea Nye, Andrea Elisabeth Nye, Nye Andrea
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.04.1999
• EAN: 9780847692651
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9265-1
• Pagine: 202
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers, Biography: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Gender studies: women, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: philosophy and social sciences