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 li...
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Sabrina Ebbersmeyer and Sarah Hutton Introduction.- I Elisabeth’s intellectual world. Nadine Akkerman Elisabeth of Bohemia’s Aristocratic Upbringing and Education at the Prins...
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Sabrina Ebbersmeyer is Associate Professor for the history of philosophy at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Working primarily on Renaissance and Early Modern philosop...