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The suspicion of virtue : women philosophers in neoclassical France

Author: John J Conley
Publisher: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, ©2002.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English
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Genre/Form: Biography
Biographies
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John J Conley
ISBN: 0801440203 9780801440205
OCLC Number: 49663843
Description: xi, 222 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: salon philosophy --
Madame de Sablé: a Jansenist code of moderation --
Madame Deshouliéres: a naturalist creed --
Madame de la Sabliére: the ethics of the desert --
Mademoiselle de la Valliére: the logic of mercy --
Madame de Maintenon: a moral pragmatism --
Conclusion: unmasking virtue.
Responsibility: John J. Conley.

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