Female philosophers

While men have historically dominated the world of philosophy, there are exceptional female philosophers who have contributed greatly to the discipline.

With the exception of the relatively well-known great Greek philosopher Hypatia, most of us could hardly name another.

If Hannah Arendt’s descriptions of the dynamics of totalitarian movements hold good—and they largely do—her explanations for them do not. As a result, if Trump has triggered a crisis of progressive thought, it is in particular a crisis for the cult of Arendt. The United States of America was her last and enduring hope: the only political institution on earth that was supposed to be immune to totalitarianism, nationalism, and imperialism. Arendt’s optimism about postwar America stemmed from…

Since ancient times, women have delved into the art of knowledge despite the challenges they might have faced. Axiothea was a Greek thinker from 300 BC,

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Excluding the well-known, great Greek woman philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria, hardly the most could be called another. But the history of women in ...

Diotima, Aspasia, Sosipatra were three female philosophers from Ancient Greece who left a mark in history. Who were they?

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