The Suspicion of Virtue
Women Philosophers in Neoclassical France
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23134282 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John J Conley (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Pages | 240 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Suspicion of Virtue (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cornell University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.7591/9781501722653 |
| OpenAlex | W4256414087 |
| Open Library | OL33657527M |
| ISBN | 9781501722653 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
The salon was of particular importance in mid- to late-seventeenth-century France, enabling aristocratic women to develop a philosophical culture that simultaneously reflected and opposed the dominant male philosophy. In The Suspicion of Virtue, John J. Conley, S. J., explores the moral philosophies developed by five women authors of that milieu: Madame de Sablé, Madame Deshoulières, Madame de la Sabliére, Mlle de la Vallière, and Madame de Maintenon. Through biography, extensive translation, commentary, and critical analysis, The Suspicion of Virtue presents the work of women who participated in the philosophical debates of the early modern period but who have been largely erased from the standard history of philosophy. Conley examines the various literary genres (maxim, ode, dialogue) in which these authors presented their moral theory. He also unveils the philosophical complexity of the arguments presented by these women and of the salon culture that nurtured their preoccupations. Their pointed critiques of virtue as a mask of vice, Conley asserts, are relevant to current controversy over the revival of virtue theory by contemporary ethicians
Epistemology · Virtue · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Women philosophers
Tutor, salon, convent
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French poetry, 1793–1863
The eighteenth-century conte
Evangelical awakenings in the North Atlantic world
Eighteenth-century margins
Christianity and the campaign against slavery and the slave trade
Jansenism and the international suppression of the Jesuits
Christianity in Africa
The Cambridge History of Christianity
The Christian Enlightenment
Self-knowledge and varieties of human excellence in the French moralists
The Superiority of Women in the Seventeenth Century
Salons, Patronage Networks, and the Self-Representation of Three Seventeenth-Century French Women of Science
A Feminist Voice in the Enlightenment Salon
Early Modern Women Philosophers and the History of Philosophy
The Exclusion of Early Modern Women Philosophers from the Canon
The Genderedness of the Philosophical Canon and the Textual 'Strategies' of Marginalisation of Women Philosophers
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.86 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2023 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |