Anne Conway (Eng. Anne Conway, December 14, 1631 - February 23, 1679) is an English philosopher whose work was distinguished by originality because it combined rationalistic philosophy and gynocentrism [4] . Her work in the style of Cambridge Neoplatonism influenced another famous philosopher Gottfried Leibniz .
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Biography
Anne grew up in a place now known as Kensington Palace , which her family then owned. She was the youngest child in the family [5] . Her early education included the study of Latin, to which Greek and Hebrew were later added. Her stepbrother, who tried to encourage her passion for philosophy and theology, introduced Ann to one of his Cambridge teachers, Henry More . This acquaintance led to a close friendship between More and Conway and their correspondence (which they had spent their whole lives) on the theme of Rene Descartes' philosophy, during which, from an informal student of More, Anne grew up into an equal friend to him. Subsequently, Mor will say that “he hardly ever met a man, a man or a woman of a better nature than Lady Conway” [6] . In 1652, Moore dedicated her book, Antidote against Atheism.
In 1651, Anne married Edward Conway, an English lord and politician. They had a son who died of the disease just a few years later. Anne's husband was also interested in philosophy and was once a student of Mora.
Conway was interested in Lurian Kabbalah and Quakers . At that time, in England, the Quakers were persecuted and even imprisoned. In 1677, Anne transformed her home into a Quaker activity center, which was a particularly bold act. [7]
Conway's most famous work, The Principles of the Most Ancient and Most Modern Philosophy, was most likely written in 1677. The influence of Franciscus van Helmont is noticeable in it . The Principles were first published in 1690 in a Latin translation by Jean van Helmont with the Latin name Principia philosophiae antiquissimae et recentissimae. The book was published in English in 1692. In his philosophical work, Conway develops a monistic view of the world, according to which everything existing has one beginning. Anne also criticizes the Cartesian theory that the body is composed of dead matter, the concept of the soul put forward by Mohr in the Antidote Against Atheism, and the dualistic theories of the relationship of soul and body.
All her life, starting at age 12, when she suffered a fever, Anne suffered from severe bouts of migraines. Because of this, she often became incapacitated for long periods and spent a lot of time under medical supervision and in search of medicines. Many famous doctors of that time tried to cure Conway, but not one of them achieved serious results. She died in 1679, at the age of 47.
Bibliography
- The principles of the most ancient and modern philosophy (London: n. Publ., 1692) 168 pp. in 12 °. - originally printed in Latin: Principia philosophiae antiquissimae et recentissimae de Deo, Christo & Creatura , Amsterdam: M. Brown 1690.
- Letters. Correspondence Anne Conway \ Letters. The Correspondence of Anne, Viscountess Conway, Henry More and their friends, 1642–1684 , ed. MH Nicolson (London 1930) 517 pp.
- Collaboration with Franciscus Mercury van Helmont (1614–1698)
- A Cabbalistical Dialogue (1682)
- Two Hundred Quiries moderately propounded concerning the Doctrine of the Revolution of Humane Souls (1684).
Notes
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 Indiana Philosophy Ontology Project
- ↑ 1 2 Blain V. , Grundy I. , Clements P. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English : Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present - 1990. - P. 229.
- ↑ Jane Duran. Eight Women Philosophers: Theory, Politics, And Feminism. - University of Illinois Press .. - S. 73.
- ↑ Ablondi, Fred Zalta, Edward N. Géraud de Cordemoy .
- ↑ Richard Ward. The Life of Henry More. - S. 193.
- ↑ Women Philosophers of the Seventeenth Century. - ISBN 9780521039178 .
Literature
- Broad, Jacqueline. Women Philosophers of the Seventeenth Century. - Cambridge Cambridge University Press. - 2002.
- Brown, Stuart. Leibniz and Henry More's Cabbalistic Circle // Henry More (1614–1687): Tercentenary Studies / S. Hutton. - Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990.
- Duran, Jane. Anne Viscountess Conway: a Seventeenth-Century Rationalist // Hypatia: a Journal of Feminist Philosophy. - S. 64-79.
- Frankel, Lois. Anne Finch, Viscountess Conway // A History of Women Philosophers / Mary Ellen Waithe. - 3. - 1991. - S. 41–58.
- Gabbey, Alan. Anne Conway et Henry More: lettres sur Descartes. - S. 379–404.
- Hutton, Sarah. Conway, Anne (c.1630-79) // Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. - Taylor and Francis, 1998.
- Hutton, Sarah. Lady Anne Conway // The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy / Edward N. Zalta.
- Hutton, Sarah. Anne Conway, a Woman Philosopher. - Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- King, Peter J. One Hundred Philosophers. - New York, 2004 .-- ISBN 0-7641-2791-8 .
- Merchant, Carolyn. The Vitalism of Anne Conway: its Impact on Leibniz's Concept of the Monad // Journal of the History of Philosophy. - 17. - 1979.
- White, Carol Wayne. The Legacy of Anne Conway (1631–1679): Reverberations from a Mystical Naturalism. - State University of New York Press, 2009.