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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2020
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| In: |
International journal for the study of skepticism
Year: 2020, Volume: 10, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 256-267 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Charrière, Isabelle de 1740-1805
/ Writer
/ Literary life
/ Pyrrhonism
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NCA Ethics VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
literary life
B Pyrrhonism B Skepticism B Isabelle de Charrière B Philosophy |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (Publisher) |
| Summary: | 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 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal for the study of skepticism
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22105700-BJA10007 |
