Women, Imagination and the Search for Truth in Early Modern FranceAshgate Publishing, Ltd., 2008 - 253 strán (strany) Grounded in medical, juridical, and philosophical texts of 16th- and 17th-century France, this study tells the story of how the idea of woman contributed to the emergence of modern science. It challenges scholars to revise deeply held notions regarding the place of women in the early modern search for truth. |
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Jean Bodins Torturous Hermeneutics | 53 |
Guillaume du Vair and André du Laurens | 97 |
Michel de Montaignes Lame Lovers | 141 |
Cartesian Rationalism Reconsidered | 183 |
Conclusion | 223 |
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Women, Imagination and the Search for Truth in Early Modern France Rebecca May Wilkin Zobrazenie úryvkov - 2008 |
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