Anne Conway: A Woman Philosopher

by Sarah Hutton

Sarah Hutton sets Anne Conway in her historical and philosophical context in this intellectual biography of one of the very first English women philosophers. Hutton traces Conway's intellectual development in relation to friends and associates, and documents her interest in religion--which extended beyond Christian orthodoxy to Quakerism, Judaism and Islam. Her book offers insight into the personal life of a very private woman, and the richness of seventeenth-century intellectual culture.

Genres: Philosophy

280 pages, Paperback

First published July 10, 2004

Reviews

[Will Miller]

Sarah Hutton's intellectual biography of Anne Conway just floods the dancefloor. If you are hungry for a Neoplatonism that isn't also a racism, a sexism, and an otherbadthingsism -- and who isn't? -- Conway is the thinker for you, and Hutton provides the crucial recommendation. Solid intellectual history.