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Feminist Archeology: Uncovering Women's Philosophical History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Mary Anne Warren
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Abstract

A History of Women Philosophers, Volume I: Ancient Women Philoophers, 600 B.C. - 500 A.D., edited by Mary Ellen Waithe, is an important but somewhat frustrating book. It is filled with tantalizing glimpses into the lives and thoughts of some of our earliest philosophical foremothers. Yet it lacks a clear unifying theme, and the abrupt transitions from one philosopher and period to the next are sometimes disconcerting. The overall effect is not unlike that of viewing an expansive landscape, illuminated only by a few tiny spotlights.

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Review Symposium
Information
Hypatia , Volume 4 , Issue 1: Special Issue: The History of Women in Philosophy , Spring 1989 , pp. 155 - 159
Copyright
Copyright © 1989 by Hypatia, Inc.

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References

Waithe, Mary Ellen ed., 1987. A History of women philosophers, vol. 1: Andent philosophers, 600 B.C. ‐ 500 A.D. Boston: M. Nijhoff.CrossRefGoogle Scholar