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portada Ancient Women Philosophers. A Very Short Introduction
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Collection
Very Short Introductions
Year
2027
Language
English
Pages
160
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
17.4x11.1 cm
ISBN13
9780192886156

Ancient Women Philosophers. A Very Short Introduction

Dorota Dutsch (Author) · OUP Oxford · Paperback

Ancient Women Philosophers. A Very Short Introduction - Dorota Dutsch

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Synopsis "Ancient Women Philosophers. A Very Short Introduction"

This Very Short Introduction draws on recent scholarship and a flexible definition of "philosophy," and follows all who traveled under that sign in antiquity: priestesses, court historians, household advisors, renunciants, Christian teachers, and poets.


Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring

From the world's earliest named author, Enheduana of Ur, to the mathematician-mystic Hypatia of Alexandria, women across the ancient world thought deeply about power, justice, desire, selfhood, governance, and household ethics. Their ideas survive in poems, courtly debates, ritual songs, inscriptions, pseudonymous treatises, and the voices of female sages woven through philosophical dialogues from India to Greece. Rather than exceptions, these women form a tradition hidden in plain sight.

This Very Short Introduction draws on recent scholarship and a flexible definition of “women,”, and follows all who traveled under that sign in antiquity: priestesses, court historians, household advisors, renunciants, Christian teachers, and poets. It reframes philosophy not as a credentialed profession but as a way of life, expressed through weaving, stitching, lamentation, singing, and the management of daily care. In this broader view, domestic spaces become laboratories of ethical thought, and intellectual labor resembles Ban Zhao's needlework: connecting, strengthening, and binding ideas across generations.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

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