Women Philosophers of the Greco-Roman World: Uncovering Some Hidden Gems

Australian Academy of the Humanities 2024-09-13

Summary:

Women’s intellectual contributions to the pool of human knowledge, until recent decades, have not received wide public recognition. While their numbers were few, they emerged in myriad fields overcoming considerable barriers to achieve their success. There are key examples from Europe’s early modern age such as Caroline Herschel (1750-1848), sister and assistant to the famous […]

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Authors:

Abra Pressler

Date tagged:

09/13/2024, 00:48

Date published:

09/12/2024, 18:30