Emma Gilby
Biographic Data
| ID | 1189101 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emma Gilby |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emma |
| FAMILY NAME | Gilby |
| SIGNATURE | GILBY E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-8575-9069 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Marie-Frédérique Pellegrin et Clément Raymond, Descartes politique: Nouvelles Considérations Sur La Pensée Cartésienne
This article was published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
‘L’Action héroïque de Monsieur Arnauld’: A Dramatic Episode at the Sorbonne, 1641
This chapter deals with a university viva that took place in Paris on 25 July 1641. The thesis that was being examined hinged on a particular theological point: the question of whether the verb ‘to be’ may apply univocally to God and to humans. Antoine Arnauld had argued that it could indeed, and his student Charles Wallon de Beaupuis was now following his example. However, events soon took an unexpected turn when Arnauld changed his mind in situ…
The Places of Early Modern Criticism
What is criticism? And where is it to be found? Tracing the history of the development of early modern thinking about literature and the visual arts requires that one think about various kinds of place—material, textual, geographical—and the practices particular to those places. It also requires that those different places be brought into dialogue with each other. The essays in this volume place criticism in Britain, France, the Low Countries, It…
Places of Early Modern Criticism
Récit et relation de soi au XVIIe siècle
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Descartes's account of indifference
This article considers Descartes's statements on the ‘liberty of indifference’, where indifference is understood as there being, at any one moment, alternative paths that one might take in life. I suggest that Descartes is hugely preoccupied with how we can hold onto more than one idea at the same time, and I pay close literary attention to the ways in which Descartes's stated goals of clarity and firmness interact with this philosophical interes…
Descartes's 'morale par provision: A Re-evaluation
This article takes as its starting point Descartes's statement in his Discours de la méthode , 'Je me formai une morale par provision, qui ne consistait qu'en trois ou quatre maximes'. It offers an overview of criticism on Descartes as ethical thinker, revisiting in particular Michèle Le Dœuff's thoughts on Descartes in her L'Imaginaire philosophique (1980), and gives a reconsideration of the ethical content of Descartes's work. Notably, it consi…
Sublime Worlds: Early Modern French Literature
Some of the language we come across, in reading other peoples' works or listening to others speak, moves us profoundly. It requires a response from us; it occupies and involves us. Writers, always readers and listeners as well, are fascinated by this phenomenon, which became the subject of the classical treatise On the Sublime , traditionally attributed to Longinus. Emma Gilby looks at this compelling and complex text in relation to the work of t…
La Culture d'une princesse: Écriture et autoportrait dans l'œuvre de la Grande Mademoiselle (1627–1693)
Journal Article La Culture d'une princesse: écriture et autoportrait dans l'œuvre de la Grande Mademoiselle (1627–1693) Get access Emma Gilby Emma Gilby Emmanuel College, Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar French Studies, Volume 59, Issue 2, April 2005, Pages 241–242, https://doi.org/10.1093/fs/kni088 Published: 01 April 2005
The Suspicion of Virtue: Women Philosophers in Neoclassical France
By John J. Conley, S.J. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 2002. x+222 pp. Hb $39.95. John J. Conley is not a literary critic, as his reference to ‘literary critic Philippe Sellier’ on the first page of the notes suggests. His background is in philosophy, and this study of ‘women philosophers’ makes a case for the importance of the work of Mme de Sablé, Mme Deshoulières, Mme de la Sablière, Mlle de la Vallière and Mme de Maintenon. These writers, …
Reflexivity in the Pensées: Pascal's Discourse on Discourse
Journal Article REFLEXIVITY IN THE PENSÉES: PASCAL'S DISCOURSE ON DISCOURSE Get access EMMA GILBY EMMA GILBY GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGECAMBRIDGE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar French Studies, Volume LV, Issue 3, July 2001, Pages 315–326, https://doi.org/10.1093/fs/LV.3.315 Published: 01 July 2001
The Suspicion of Virtue: Women Philosophers in Neoclassical France
By John J. Conley, S.J. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 2002. x+222 pp. Hb $39.95. John J. Conley is not a literary critic, as his reference to ‘literary critic Philippe Sellier’ on the first page of the notes suggests. His background is in philosophy, and this study of ‘women philosophers’ makes a case for the importance of the work of Mme de Sablé, Mme Deshoulières, Mme de la Sablière, Mlle de la Vallière and Mme de Maintenon. These writers, …
Reflexivity in the Pensées: Pascal's Discourse on Discourse
Journal Article REFLEXIVITY IN THE PENSÉES: PASCAL'S DISCOURSE ON DISCOURSE Get access EMMA GILBY EMMA GILBY GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGECAMBRIDGE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar French Studies, Volume LV, Issue 3, July 2001, Pages 315–326, https://doi.org/10.1093/fs/LV.3.315 Published: 01 July 2001
La Culture d'une princesse: Écriture et autoportrait dans l'œuvre de la Grande Mademoiselle (1627–1693)
Journal Article La Culture d'une princesse: écriture et autoportrait dans l'œuvre de la Grande Mademoiselle (1627–1693) Get access Emma Gilby Emma Gilby Emmanuel College, Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar French Studies, Volume 59, Issue 2, April 2005, Pages 241–242, https://doi.org/10.1093/fs/kni088 Published: 01 April 2005
The Suspicion of Virtue: Women Philosophers in Neoclassical France
By John J. Conley, S.J. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 2002. x+222 pp. Hb $39.95. John J. Conley is not a literary critic, as his reference to ‘literary critic Philippe Sellier’ on the first page of the notes suggests. His background is in philosophy, and this study of ‘women philosophers’ makes a case for the importance of the work of Mme de Sablé, Mme Deshoulières, Mme de la Sablière, Mlle de la Vallière and Mme de Maintenon. These writers, …
Sublime Worlds: Early Modern French Literature
Some of the language we come across, in reading other peoples' works or listening to others speak, moves us profoundly. It requires a response from us; it occupies and involves us. Writers, always readers and listeners as well, are fascinated by this phenomenon, which became the subject of the classical treatise On the Sublime , traditionally attributed to Longinus. Emma Gilby looks at this compelling and complex text in relation to the work of t…
Descartes's 'morale par provision: A Re-evaluation
This article takes as its starting point Descartes's statement in his Discours de la méthode , 'Je me formai une morale par provision, qui ne consistait qu'en trois ou quatre maximes'. It offers an overview of criticism on Descartes as ethical thinker, revisiting in particular Michèle Le Dœuff's thoughts on Descartes in her L'Imaginaire philosophique (1980), and gives a reconsideration of the ethical content of Descartes's work. Notably, it consi…
Descartes's account of indifference
This article considers Descartes's statements on the ‘liberty of indifference’, where indifference is understood as there being, at any one moment, alternative paths that one might take in life. I suggest that Descartes is hugely preoccupied with how we can hold onto more than one idea at the same time, and I pay close literary attention to the ways in which Descartes's stated goals of clarity and firmness interact with this philosophical interes…
Récit et relation de soi au XVIIe siècle
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Places of Early Modern Criticism
What is criticism? And where is it to be found? Tracing the history of the development of early modern thinking about literature and the visual arts requires that one think about various kinds of place—material, textual, geographical—and the practices particular to those places. It also requires that those different places be brought into dialogue with each other. The essays in this volume place criticism in Britain, France, the Low Countries, It…
Places of Early Modern Criticism
‘L’Action héroïque de Monsieur Arnauld’: A Dramatic Episode at the Sorbonne, 1641
This chapter deals with a university viva that took place in Paris on 25 July 1641. The thesis that was being examined hinged on a particular theological point: the question of whether the verb ‘to be’ may apply univocally to God and to humans. Antoine Arnauld had argued that it could indeed, and his student Charles Wallon de Beaupuis was now following his example. However, events soon took an unexpected turn when Arnauld changed his mind in situ…
Marie-Frédérique Pellegrin et Clément Raymond, Descartes politique: Nouvelles Considérations Sur La Pensée Cartésienne
This article was published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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