" Inter inextricabiles… difficultatum tenebras "
Ficino's Pimander and the Gendering of Cartesian Subjectivity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17406135 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael H Keefer (corresponding author), Michael Keefer |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23-34 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Renaissance and Reformation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-429X • E-ISSN: 2293-7374 |
| Publisher | Iter Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.33137/rr.v34i1.10846 |
| OpenAlex | W2991867405 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
After reviewing the evidence that Descartes' philosophical itinerary was to a significant degree shaped by a reading of the Hermetic writings translated by Ficino, this article proposes that, in the Cartesian and Hermetic texts alike, the body from which an emergent autonomous subjectivity seeks to separate itself is gendered female. Some of the implications of this argument are explored through a reading of Marvell's poem "The Garden," which is seen here as a parallel response to the Hermetic texts
Argument (complex analysis) · Art · Cartesian coordinate system · Epistemology · Geometry · Linguistics · Literature · Poetry · Reading (process) · Subjectivity · Endocrinology · Historical and Literary Analyses · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Mathematics · Medicine · Philosophy · Renaissance Literature and Culture
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |