Women Philosophers of the Seventeenth Century

In this rich and detailed study of early modern women''s thought, Jacqueline Broad explores the complexity of women''s responses to Cartesian philosophy and its intellectual legacy in England and Europe. She examines the work of thinkers such as Mary Astell, Elisabeth of Bohemia, Margaret Cavendish, Anne Conway and Damaris Masham, who were active participants in the intellectual life of their time...