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Elisabeth of Bohemia's Neo-Peripatetic account of the emotions
Verfasst von:
Schneck, Ariane
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in:
Women philosophers from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment / edited by Ruth Edith Hagengruber and Sarah Hutton
London : New York : Routledge:
2021
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81-98 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Ariadne | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Schneck, Ariane info |
| In: | Women philosophers from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment / edited by Ruth Edith Hagengruber and Sarah Hutton |
| Jahr: | 2021 |
| ISBN: | 0367758644 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| This article examines Elisabeth of Bohemia’s account of the emotions. I argue that Elisabeth’s objections against Descartes’ ethics, which is often characterized as ‘Neo-Stoic’, show striking similarities to the arguments that the ancient Peripatetics made against classical Stoic approaches. Like the Peripatetics, she challenges the feasibility as well as the desirability of Descartes’ ethical injunctions regarding emotional control. In particular, Elisabeth joins the Peripatetics in holding that certain external goods are essential for happiness and that the emotions are necessary for motivating, guiding and correcting action. In aligning Elisabeth’s thinking about the emotions with the Aristotelian tradition, I depart from various other interpretations, especially from those who see her position as a precursor of later feminist accounts, or as embodying a distinctively female perspective. | |
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