Selected Philosophical, Scientific, and Autobiographical Writings

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

AvMarie–geneviève Thiroux D′arcon,Julie Candler Hayes,Julie Candler Hayes

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Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Thiroux d’Arconville combined fierce intellectual ambition with the proper demeanor of the wife of a leading magistrate. Bemoaning her lack of a formal education in childhood, as an adult she read widely, studied languages, and sought out mentors among the scientific elite of the day. Always publishing anonymously, her works included moralist philosophy, scientific and literary translations, original scientific research, fiction, and history. Recently, a trove of unpublished essays and autobiographical writings from her final years, long thought to have been lost, has come to light, revealing her as a writer of insight, wit, and feeling.Edited and translated by Julie Candler HayesThe Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series, volume 58

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Utgivningsdatum2018-07-16
Mått155 x 237 x 16 mm
Vikt426 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor244
FörlagArizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US
ISBN9780866985789

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Acknowledgments xvIntroduction 1Part One: Published Works, 1756–1783 23Dedicatory epistle and translator’s note 25Discourse on Chemistry 30Discourse on Osteology 75Thoughts and Moral Reflections, excerpts 84Treatise on Friendship, excerpts 102Discourse on Putrefaction 113Preface to The Life of Marie de Médicis 126Preface to The History of François II 134Part Two: Late Manuscripts, 1801–1805 141Thoughts, Reflections, and Anecdotes, excerpts 143Bibliography 231Index 241

In her edition and translation of writings by Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Thiroux d’Arconville (1720–1805), Julie Candler Hayes provides an important look at a remarkable woman writer, thinker, and scientist. D’Arconville was a “true woman of the Enlightenment” — a woman of wide-ranging interests, concerned with moral, societal, and philosophical issues, such as the role of self-love (amour-propre), perspectives on history, and the value of friendship versus marriage. Her published writings are extremely significant, but perhaps even more intriguing are the recently rediscovered manuscript texts that she wrote late in life, offering a glimpse into the mind of this fascinating woman who was married at a very early age, took charge of her own education, and outlived the Revolution.—Sharon Diane NellProfessor of French and Dean of the School of Humanities, St. Edward’s University