08-29-2023, 04:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-29-2023, 04:10 PM by Paul Ferguson.)
By Sarah Hutton.
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"In this essay, I consider where alchemy sits in the spectrum of interests that make up women's knowledge in early modern Europe by considering evidence from a group of women whose work is not usually discussed in relation to alchemy: namely, philosophers. I shall examine the writings of Oliva Sabuco (b. 1562), Anne Conway (1631–1679), and Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673) to discover what their philosophy reveals about their engagement with alchemy and other branches of knowledge, such as medicine and pharmacology. In so doing, I argue that women not only had practical knowledge in these areas, but also engaged with them at a theoretical level."
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/788022
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/conway/
The painting below, by Samuel van Hoogstraten, is believed to be a portrait of Anne Conway (in the background!!!)
Full text.
"In this essay, I consider where alchemy sits in the spectrum of interests that make up women's knowledge in early modern Europe by considering evidence from a group of women whose work is not usually discussed in relation to alchemy: namely, philosophers. I shall examine the writings of Oliva Sabuco (b. 1562), Anne Conway (1631–1679), and Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673) to discover what their philosophy reveals about their engagement with alchemy and other branches of knowledge, such as medicine and pharmacology. In so doing, I argue that women not only had practical knowledge in these areas, but also engaged with them at a theoretical level."
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/788022
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/conway/
The painting below, by Samuel van Hoogstraten, is believed to be a portrait of Anne Conway (in the background!!!)