QUEENLY PHILOSOPHERS by Jane Duran ( 9781498541367 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

QUEENLY PHILOSOPHERS
RENAISSANCE WOMEN ARISTOCRATS AS PLATONIC GUARDIANS

By:

Jane Duran

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Hardback

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1498541364

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9781498541367

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Publisher:

LEXINGTON BOOKS

Pub. date:

15 September, 2017

Pages:

304

Description:

Much recent work has been done on Plato's notion of the female Guardian, but examples are limited. Jane Duran argues that aristocratic women of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are indeed exemplary and embody the concept of Guardianship.

Synopsis:

Recent work on the Platonic notion of the Guardian has focused on the female Guardian, or "Philosopher Queen," but mainly insofar as the idea is problematic. Okin, Saxonhouse, and others have tried to be more precise about the concepts involved-this work aims to use actual publications by British and continentally-trained women aristocrats of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to fill in the lacunae. It is concluded that these women were not only philosophical thinkers, but in some sense Guardians. Their overview encompassed notions of duty, care, and a concern of the development of the intellectual life that left a mark for future generations.

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