The Enlightenment's Most Dangerous Woman av Andrew (Professor of Philosophy and Bass Fellow Professor of Philosophy and Bass Fellow Duke Universi

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Suppressed for centuries, the ideas of French philosopher ¿ilie Du Ch¿let''s are ever relevant today...Just as the Enlightenment was gaining momentum throughout Europe, philosopher ¿ilie Du Ch¿let broke through the many barriers facing women at the time and published a major philosophical treatise in French. Within a few short years, she became famous: she was read and debated from Russia to Prussia, from Switzerland to England, from up north in Sweden to down south in Italy. This was not just remarkable because she was a woman, but because of the substance of her contributions. While the men in her milieu like Voltaire and Kant sought disciples to promote their ideas, Du Ch¿let promoted intellectual autonomy. She counselled her readers to read the classics, but never to become a follower of another''s ideas. Her proclamation that a true philosopher must remain an independent thinker, rather than a disciple of some supposedly ¿great man¿ like Isaac Newton or Ren¿escartes, posed a threa