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 NameTimelineBirthDeathNationalityArea of WorkBookConceptInfluencesInfluencedProfileWeb SiteVideo
Anne ConwayAD 1600s1631-12-141679-02-23EnglishPhilosopher, MonistPrinciples of the Most Ancient and Modern PhilosophyRationalistGottfried Wilhelm LeibnizProfile
Anne FrankAD 1900s1929-06-121945-03German-DutchDiaristDiary of a Young GirlHumanistProfileWeb SiteQuotes
Antonia MacaroAD 2000sc. 1960(none)EnglishBuddhism and StoicismMore Than HappinessPhilosophical CounselingAristotleProfileWeb SiteLecture (London 2018)
Ayn RandAD 1900s1905-02-021982-03-06Russian-AmericanPhilosopher and NovelistAtlas ShruggedObjectivismAristotle, Plato, NietzscheH. L. MenckenWikipediaAyn Rand Institute
Beatrice WebbAD 1800s+1858-01-221943-04-30EnglishSociologist, EconomistThe Cooperative Movement in Great BritainCollective BargainingHerbert SpencerWikipediaBritannica Bio
Catharine EdwardsAD 1900s1963-05(none)EnglishProfessor of Classics and Ancient HistoryRome the CosmopolisExpert on Seneca the YoungerUniv. of LondonWikipedia
Diotima BC 400s(unknown)(unknown)Greek, MantineanPhilosopherLadder of LoveSocrates, PlatoWikipediaVideo by BBC
Doris LessingAD 1900s+1919-10-222013-11-17British-ZimbabweanWriterThe Golden NotebookSkepticismProfileWeb SiteBio
Eleanor RooseveltAD 1900s1884-10-111962-11-07AmericanDiplomat and Author, First Chair of Presidential Commission on Status of WomenYou Learn by LivingHuman RightsWikipedia
Fannia AD 1st Century+(unknown)(unknown)RomanAuthor, StoicLed the Stoic OppositionPliny the YoungerBioWikipedia
Gabrielle SuchonAD 1600s1632-12-241703-03-05FrenchMoral PhilosopherTreatise on Morality and PoliticsWomen's Rights and EducationWikipediaOxford Bio
George SandAD 1800s1804-07-011876-06-08FrenchNovelist, JournalistA Winter in MajorcaLiterary Criticism, Women's RightsFyodor Dostoevsky, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Walt WhitmanWikipediaVideo
Hannah ArendtAD 1900s1906-10-141975-12-04German-AmericanPhilosopher, Political TheoristThe Human ConditionThe Banality of EvilSocrates, Aristotle, St. AugustineGiorgio AgambenWikipedia
Helena BlavatskyAD 1800s1831-08-121891-05-08RussianPhilosopher, AuthorIsis UnveiledSynthesis of religion and philosophyEdward Bulwer-LyttonMohandas Gandhi, Rudolf SteinerWikipedia
Hipparchia of MaroneiaBC 300s(unknown)(unknown)Greek, MaroneianCynic Philosopher and AuthorCrates of ThebesZeno of CitiumWikipedia
Hypatia AD 300sc. 350415EgyptianPhilosopher, Astronomer, MathematicianEditor of Almagest (Book 3)Algebra and math for conic sectionsPlato, Plotinus, Aristotle, Theon of AlexandriaDamasciusWikipediaBritannica
Im YunjidangAD 1700s17211793KoreanNeo-Confucianist PhilosopherSelf-CultivationQueen InsuKang JeongildangWikipedia
Liz GloynAD 1900s+c. 1970(none)EnglishReader in Latin Languages, Stoicism, Gender StudiesThe Ethics of the Family in SenecaClassical ReceptionWikipediaUniv. of London Bio
Margaret FullerAD 1800s1810-05-231850-07-19AmericanJournalist and Philosopher, American TranscendentalismWoman in the Nineteenth CenturyEqual Education and Employment for WomenRalph Waldo Emerson, Johann Wolfgang von GoetheSusan B. Anthony, Nathaniel Hawthorn, Walt Whitman, Elizabeth Barrett BrowningWikipediaBook Review
Marie CurieAD 1800s+1867-11-071934-07-04Polish and FrenchPhysicist and ChemistNobel Prize (1903)RadioactivityWilhelm RoentgenRosalyn YalowWikipedia
Martha NussbaumAD 1900s+1947-05-06(none)AmericanPhilosopher and Professor, Greek and Roman PhilosophyThe Fragility of GoodnessEthicsAristotle, John RawlsAmartya Sen, Elizabeth S. Anderson, Linda Martín AlcoffWikipedia
Mary WollstonecraftAD 1700s1759-04-271797-09-10EnglishPhilosopherA Vindication of the Rights of WomanAdvocate for Women's Rights, Equal Education for WomenJohn LockeGeorge Eliot, Charlotte Mary YongeWikipedia
Nancy ShermanAD 1900s+1951(none)AmericanProfessor of Philosophy, Expert on Stoicism in MilitaryStoic WarriorsMilitary Ethics, PTSDAristotle, KantRyan HolidayWikipediaWeb Site
Pema ChodronAD 1900s1936-07-14(none)AmericanTibetan Buddhist, Author and TeacherWhen Things Fall ApartDealing with Fear and UncertaintyWikipedia
Philippa FootAD 1900s+1920-10-032010-10-03English and AmericanPhilosopher and Professor, Morality and EthicsVirtues and Vices and Other Essays in Moral PhilosophyVirtue EthicsLudwig Wittgenstein, Aristotle, Thomas AquinasBernard Williams, Candace VoglerWikipedia
Porcia CatoBC 1st Century-73-42RomanStoicVoluntary HardshipCato the Younger (father)Article
Sharon LebellAD 1900s+c. 1965(none)AmericanStoicism, Philosopher, Author, TranslatorThe Art of Living: The Classical Manual on VirtueFinding HappinessEpictetusInterview
Simone WeilAD 1900s1909-02-031943-08-24FrenchPhilosopher, MysticGravity and GraceAffliction, DecreationWikipediaSEP Page
Simone de BeauvoirAD 1900s1908-01-091986-04-14FrenchWriter and Philosopher, Existentialist, Social TheoristPyrrhus and CineasContemporary FeminismHenri-Louis Bergson, René Descartes, Mary WollstonecraftAlbert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Judith Pamela ButlerWikipedia
Ursula Le GuinAD 1900s+1929-10-212018-01-22AmericanWriterA Wizrd of EarthseaTaoismCarl Jung, Victor Hugo, William Wordsworth, Charles DickensNeil GaimanProfileWeb SiteExploring Creativity

Total number of records in this collection = 29



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