Hypatia is the martyr of women philosophers. She was one the first notorious female philosophers. She was quite possibly one of the best mathematicians for her time. She influenced masses of women after her. She encouraged generations of women to think for themselves, one of them being Christine de Pisan.
Christine de Pisan seems to be like the first feminist that parallels with modern feminists. She fought vehemently against the poem Rose. She argued that, “not all women are immoral.” She also said that it was “blasphemous” and that it “generalized against women.” After this she wrote a book, City of Ladies, and in this book all the women were respected. City of Ladies is the antithesis of Rose. After a long time of speaking out for women …show more content…
I think it’s a shame that Elisabeth didn’t have her writings published, so we could have possibly had a better chance to study them (not that we actually would have, but it would’ve been nice). In school students hear about the discussion between Aristotle and Democritus on what the smallest form of matter is. This type of respect and debate is what continually goes on between Elisabeth and Descartes. This type of discourse is what moves humanity along, and for a woman to be involved in that is a huge deal. This proves that women have the same power as men to move humanity in the right …show more content…
She, like Hobbes wrote extensively on the social contract and the power of the sovereign. Unlike Hobbes, she actually included women and men in her writings. Also, Hobbes and Christine disagree philosophically on possibly the most basic yet complex idea there is, human nature. Hobbs believes that humans are innately evil while Christine believes in the opposite. Christine believes in intrinsic good existing in humans.
This focus on love, according to the book, is based on a Christian upbringing. This leads me to believe that Christine could have easily been influenced by Beatrix of Nazareth. Beatrix focuses on divine love, but their seems to be notions in the writings that love exists in all of us, and that love is the most powerful element of the human being there
Christine de Pisan seems to be like the first feminist that parallels with modern feminists. She fought vehemently against the poem Rose. She argued that, “not all women are immoral.” She also said that it was “blasphemous” and that it “generalized against women.” After this she wrote a book, City of Ladies, and in this book all the women were respected. City of Ladies is the antithesis of Rose. After a long time of speaking out for women …show more content…
I think it’s a shame that Elisabeth didn’t have her writings published, so we could have possibly had a better chance to study them (not that we actually would have, but it would’ve been nice). In school students hear about the discussion between Aristotle and Democritus on what the smallest form of matter is. This type of respect and debate is what continually goes on between Elisabeth and Descartes. This type of discourse is what moves humanity along, and for a woman to be involved in that is a huge deal. This proves that women have the same power as men to move humanity in the right …show more content…
She, like Hobbes wrote extensively on the social contract and the power of the sovereign. Unlike Hobbes, she actually included women and men in her writings. Also, Hobbes and Christine disagree philosophically on possibly the most basic yet complex idea there is, human nature. Hobbs believes that humans are innately evil while Christine believes in the opposite. Christine believes in intrinsic good existing in humans.
This focus on love, according to the book, is based on a Christian upbringing. This leads me to believe that Christine could have easily been influenced by Beatrix of Nazareth. Beatrix focuses on divine love, but their seems to be notions in the writings that love exists in all of us, and that love is the most powerful element of the human being there