Elisabeth of Bohemia (1618-1680): A Philosopher in her Historical Context (Hardcover)

Sabrina Ebbersmeyer and Sarah Hutton Introduction.- I Elisabeth’s intellectual world. Nadine Akkerman Elisabeth of Bohemia’s Aristocratic Upbringing and Education at the Prinsenhof, Rapenburg 4-10, Leiden, c. 1627/8-32.- Mirjam de Baar Elisabeth of Bohemia’s Lifelong Friendship with Anna Maria van Schurman (1607?1678).- Sabrina Ebbersmeyer Elisabeth of Bohemia and the Sciences: The Case of Astronomy.- Sarah Hutton Princess Elisabeth and Anne Conway: the interconnected Circles of Two Philosophical Women.- II Elisabeth’s political thought and its contextCarol Pal Persistent Princess: The Personal Politics of Elisabeth of Bohemia.- Gianni Paganini Elisabeth and Descartes read Machiavelli in the Time of Hobbes.- Lisa Shapiro Princess Elisabeth and the Challenges of Philosophizing.- III Elisabeth’s philosophical thought in exchange with Descartes Lilli Alanen The Soul’s Extension: Elisabeth's Solution to Descartes’s Mind-Body Problem.- Martina Reuter Elisabeth on Free Will, Preordination, and Philosophical Doubt.- Dominik Perler Is Our Happiness Up to Us? Elisabeth of Bohemia on the Limits of Internalism.- Marie-Frederique Pellegrin The Feminine Body in the Correspondence between Descartes and Elisabeth.- Denis Kambouchner What is Elisabeth’s Cartesianism?