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Author Hutton, Sarah, 1948-

Title Anne Conway : a woman philosopher / Sarah Hutton
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 271 pages)
Contents Anne Finch: Viscountess Conway -- A philosophical education -- Religion and Anne Conway -- Anne Conway and Henry More -- John Finch, Thomas Hobbes and Margaret Cavendish -- Experimental physick: Boyle, Stubbe and Greatrakes -- Physic and philosophy: Van Helmont, father and son -- Kabbalistical dialogues -- Quakerism and George Keith -- Last years -- Legacy
Summary Sarah Hutton's study places Anne Conway in her historical and philosophical context, by reconstructing her social and intellectual milieu. Her book offers an insight into both the personal life of a very private woman, and the richness of seventeenth-century intellectual culture
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Conway, Anne, 1631-1679.
SUBJECT Conway, Anne, 1631-1679 fast
Form Electronic book
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