Mary Astell (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521841047)

Philosopher, theologian, educational theorist, feminist, and political pamphleteer, Mary Astell was an important figure in the history of ideas of the early modern period in many contexts. (She contributed to the British debate over toleration and dissent from the 1690s, which inaugurated the modern secular state.) Patricia Springborg's study recovers the historical and philosophical contexts of her thought. She demonstrates that Astell was not alone in her views but, rather, part of a cohort of early modern women philosophers grappling with the existential problems of a new age.

Author: Patricia Springborg
ISBN-10: 0521841046
ISBN-13: 9780521841047
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/05/2005
Pages: 396
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.20d