Isabelle de Charrière and Skepticism in the Literary Life
Abstract This article explores some senses in which Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805) may be understood as a skeptic in her personal life and in her literary life, although the two cannot really be separated since she lived the literary life. She called herself a skeptic a number of times, and also...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2020
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International journal for the study of skepticism
Année: 2020, Volume: 10, Numéro: 3/4, Pages: 256-267 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Charrière, Isabelle de 1740-1805
/ Écrivaine
/ Vie littéraire
/ Pyrrhonisme
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophie de la religion NCA Éthique VA Philosophie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
literary life
B Pyrrhonism B Skepticism B Isabelle de Charrière B Philosophy |
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| Résumé: | Abstract This article explores some senses in which Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805) may be understood as a skeptic in her personal life and in her literary life, although the two cannot really be separated since she lived the literary life. She called herself a skeptic a number of times, and also showed some knowledge of the Academic or Socratic and especially of the Pyrrhonian traditions of skepticism in her novels and extensive correspondence. This Dutch-Swiss writer provides an example of what it might be to live as a skeptic, serving as a case study for the debates about the feasibility and moral status of living with skepticism. |
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| ISSN: | 2210-5700 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: International journal for the study of skepticism
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22105700-BJA10007 |