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Marguerite Deslauriers will be attending a conference, Women and Early Modern Philosophy and Science, May 11-12, where she will present a paper "Doubt and Scepticism in Renaissance Pro-Woman Arguments.” The event is organized by Gianenrico Paganini of the Università...

Marguerite Deslauriers will be presenting a paper, "The Reception of Aristotle in Lucrezia Marinella's La nobiltà et l'eccellenza delle donne co'diffetti et mancamenti de gli uomini (Venice, 1601)" as a Thursday Seminar at Villa I Tatti on May 4.

Marguerite Deslauriers attended a conference, Rethinking Philosophy’s Past 1300-1800, February 17-18, where she presented a paper, “Using and Disputing Authority in the 16th Century” as part of a panel on Education and Women’s Epistemic Authority, 1500-1800. The event...

A transcription of Gabrielle Suchon’s "Traité de la morale et politique” has been added to the website. The text is divided into three parts: Partie 1 (liberté), Partie 2 (science), and Partie 3 (autorité).

We’ve recently uploaded a transcription of Lucrezia Marinella’s (1600) "Le nobiltà et eccellenze delle donne: et i diffetti, e mancamenti de gli huomini. Discorso di Lucretia Marinella. In due parti diviso” and (1601) "Le nobiltà et l’eccellenza delle donne: co’...