Women and Stoic ethics in early modern England

Author:

Broad Jacqueline1ORCID,Barnes Diana G.2

Affiliation:

1. Monash University Clayton Australia

2. University of New England Armidale Australia

Abstract

AbstractThis paper provides an overview of women's engagement with Stoic ethics in early modern England (c. 1600–1700). It builds on recent literature in the field by demonstrating that there is a positive gender‐inclusive narrative to be told about Stoic philosophy in this time—one that incorporates women's specific concerns and responds to women's lived experiences. To support this claim, we take an interdisciplinary approach and examine several different genres of women's writing in the period, including letters, poems, plays, educational texts, and moral essays. In these writings, we argue, a distinctive conception of Stoic therapy emerges. Women embrace well‐known aspects of the Stoic philosophy—such as living in agreement with nature, the importance of self‐government, and the ideal of freedom from the passions—but they also allow room for the cultivation of eupatheiai or life‐affirmative feelings, such as feelings of respect, affection, and good will toward other people.

Funder

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Australian Research Council

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Philosophy

Reference62 articles.

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