Connell, Sophia (2023) Women in philosophy. Oxford University Press, Oxford Classical Dictionary online.
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Abstract
Many philosophical schools included female followers, such as Pythagoreans, Cynics, Cyrenaics, Platonists, Epicureans, and Stoics. The most extensive fragmentary writings by female philosophers are those of Neopythagorean women, particularly Theano, Perictione, Phintys, and Ptolemaïs. The most well-attested women philosophers in antiquity include Aspasia, Diotima, Arete, Hipparchia, Sosipatra, and Hypatia. These women appear to have held many different positions and views. There is no distinct feminine philosophy in antiquity, although some fragments from Pythagorean women are an attempt to apply philosophical principles to the everyday lives of women.
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| Item Type: | Other |
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| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Cynics, Stoics, Hypatia, Pythagoreans, Neoplatonists, Hipparchia, Perictione, Hypatia |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Historical Studies |
| Depositing User: | Sophia Connell |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Oct 2023 05:03 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Jul 2025 04:04 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/49727 |
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