New Narratives in the History of Philosophy

The New Narratives in the History of Philosophy collection is a repository of digital versions of the works of early modern women thinkers not already available through other sources, such Early English Books Online (EEBO), Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO), Gallica (through the Bibliotheque Nationale de France). The collection will include manuscript material, transcriptions of texts, as well as pedagogical tools, like podcasts, produced by both faculty and student researchers. 

The inaugural items in the digital collection include the manuscript copies of the letters of Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia to Rene Descartes, the only extent manuscript version of these letters and the basis for all edited editions of the Elisabeth-Descartes correspondence.

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Du Celibat Voluntaire ou la View Sans Engagement

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Name(s): Brennan, Haley, Lariviere, Gabriel, Suchon, Gabrielle
Description: Suchon defines what she terms a celibate life, or a life for a woman that involves neither marriage nor entering the convent, that is, a life without commitments. She then argues that those who lead this form of life are valuable to civil society and to a Christian republic. She addresses objections that this Neutrality — as she terms it — is dangerous because it encourages political dissension.

New Narratives Podcast

Description: The New Narratives In the History of Philosophy Project. The inaugural set of podcast interviews by Haley Brennan.