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Author Conley, John J.

Title The suspicion of virtue : women philosophers in neoclassical France / John J. Conley.

Publication Info. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, [2002]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  194.082 C752S    Check Shelf
Description xi, 222 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-214) and index.
Contents Introduction: salon philosophy -- Madame de Sablé: a Jansenist code of moderation -- Madame Deshouliéres: a naturalist creed -- Madame de la Sabliére: the ethics of the desert -- Mademoiselle de la Valliére: the logic of mercy -- Madame de Maintenon: a moral pragmatism -- Conclusion: unmasking virtue.
Subject Women philosophers -- France -- Biography.
ISBN 0801440203 cloth alkaline paper
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