475. Ariane Schneck on Elisabeth and Descartes

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We finish our look at Elisabeth of Bohemia and Descartes by talking to Ariane Schneck about their correspondence, focusing on the mind-body problem and the passions.

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Further Reading

• A. Schneck, “Descartes’ Conception of Freedom: Between Voluntarism and Intellectualism,” in S. Schierbaum, J. Müller (eds), Voluntarism in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy (London:  2023). 

• A. Schneck, “Elisabeth of Bohemia’s Neo-Peripatetic Account of the Emotions,” British Journal for the History of Philosophy 27 (2019), 753-70.

• A. Schneck, “Gewissen und Bewusstsein am Übergang zum 18. Jahrhundert,” in S. Bunke, K. Mihaylova (eds), Gewissen. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf das 18. Jahrhundert (Würzburg: 2015), 39-52. 

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"[...]Maybe she was a little bit depressed[...]" And modern day feminism would whack her in the head even more!

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469. Cartesian Dualism
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