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- Ancient Women Philosophers
- Ancient Women Philosophers
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Beyond Gender
- Chapter 2 Sulabhā and Indian Philosophy
- Chapter 3 Women’s Medical Knowledge in Antiquity
- Chapter 4 Ancient Women Epicureans and Their Anti-Hedonist Critics
- Chapter 5 Arete of Cyrene and the Role of Women in Philosophical Lineage
- Chapter 6 Women at the Crossroads
- Chapter 7 Pythagorean Women and the Domestic as a Philosophical Topic
- Chapter 8 Perictione, Mother of Metaphysics
- Chapter 9 Not Veiled in Silence
- Chapter 10 Women Philosophers and Ideals of Being a Woman in Neoplatonic Schools of Late Antiquity
- Chapter 11 Reappraising Ban Zhao
- Chapter 12 The Reception of Plato on Women
- References
- Index
Introduction
The Value of Women Philosophers for the History of Philosophy*
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 August 2023
- Ancient Women Philosophers
- Ancient Women Philosophers
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Beyond Gender
- Chapter 2 Sulabhā and Indian Philosophy
- Chapter 3 Women’s Medical Knowledge in Antiquity
- Chapter 4 Ancient Women Epicureans and Their Anti-Hedonist Critics
- Chapter 5 Arete of Cyrene and the Role of Women in Philosophical Lineage
- Chapter 6 Women at the Crossroads
- Chapter 7 Pythagorean Women and the Domestic as a Philosophical Topic
- Chapter 8 Perictione, Mother of Metaphysics
- Chapter 9 Not Veiled in Silence
- Chapter 10 Women Philosophers and Ideals of Being a Woman in Neoplatonic Schools of Late Antiquity
- Chapter 11 Reappraising Ban Zhao
- Chapter 12 The Reception of Plato on Women
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter, which serves as the introduction, outlines the objectives and key questions of the volume, reviews existing scholarship on ancient women philosophers, and highlights the original philosophical contributions of each chapter. A substantial section is devoted to the specific challenges in the study of ancient women philosophers, with special focus on source issues, as well as the methods the contributors of the volume have adopted to face these challenges and approach these female thinkers philosophically. We argue that the study of ancient women philosophers has a special value for our understanding of the history of philosophy. While at first daunting, this unique set of thinkers and the available evidence both enrich our insight into the methodology of the history of philosophy and re-introduce philosophical contributions which would otherwise be lost.
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- Ancient Women PhilosophersRecovered Ideas and New Perspectives, pp. 1 - 20Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023