The Outward and Inward Beauty of Early Modern Women
Shapiro, Lisa
The Outward and Inward Beauty of Early Modern Women - 2013.
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I explore some early modern philosophical thought about the relation of beauty and wisdom, a theme first expressed in Plato’s Symposium. The thinkers I consider most centrally are two women, Lucrezia Marinella and Mary Astell, though I also consider the writers Aphra Behn and Sarah Scott. While women in particular might have a special interest in appropriating the Platonic image of the ladder of desire, this ought not to be conceived as a ‘women’s issue’. Rather, I suggest, this strand of thought is connected with a central philosophical question of the early modern period, the nature of thought and consciousness.
The Outward and Inward Beauty of Early Modern Women - 2013.
78
I explore some early modern philosophical thought about the relation of beauty and wisdom, a theme first expressed in Plato’s Symposium. The thinkers I consider most centrally are two women, Lucrezia Marinella and Mary Astell, though I also consider the writers Aphra Behn and Sarah Scott. While women in particular might have a special interest in appropriating the Platonic image of the ladder of desire, this ought not to be conceived as a ‘women’s issue’. Rather, I suggest, this strand of thought is connected with a central philosophical question of the early modern period, the nature of thought and consciousness.
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