Philosopher

Gabrielle Suchon

Political Philosophy

Gabrielle Suchon (1632 to 1703) was a French philosopher and one of the most original feminist political philosophers of the Grand Siècle. She escaped the Dominican convent in which her family had placed her and lived as a freelance writer in Lyon. Her Treatise on Morality and Politics, published in 1693 under the pseudonym G. S. Aristophile, made a sustained Aristotelian and Thomist case for the right of women to liberty, knowledge and authority, and against the threefold deprivation of these goods imposed on women by custom and law. Her shorter On the Celibate Life Freely Chosen gave the first sustained philosophical defence of voluntary single life as a vocation rather than a misfortune.

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Gender
Female 2
Tradition Family
Western 2
Role in Life
Independent 2
Birth Year
1632 2
Death Year
1703 2
Classification
Nationality
France 1
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Associated With

Feminism, Schools of Philosophy
Source 1001 Philosophers: Gabrielle Suchon (1001 Philosophers)
Modern Philosophy, Schools of Philosophy
Source 1001 Philosophers: Gabrielle Suchon (1001 Philosophers)

In Branch

Ethics, Branches of Philosophy
Source 1001 Philosophers: Gabrielle Suchon (1001 Philosophers)
Political Philosophy, Branches of Philosophy
Source 1001 Philosophers: Gabrielle Suchon (1001 Philosophers)

In Tradition

Feminism, Schools of Philosophy
Source 1001 Philosophers: Gabrielle Suchon (1001 Philosophers)

Influenced By

Aristotle, Philosophers
Source 1001 Philosophers: Gabrielle Suchon (1001 Philosophers)
Thomas Aquinas, Philosophers
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Nationality

France

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Gabrielle Suchon was a French philosopher of the Modern era
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was a French moral philosopher
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2. 1001 Philosophers: Gabrielle Suchon (1001 Philosophers)
  • Lead, life dates
    Gabrielle Suchon was born in 1632 and died in 1703.
  • Biography
    Her Treatise on Morality and Politics, published in 1693
  • Biography, role in life
    lived as a freelance writer in seventeenth-century Lyon
  • Lead, tradition
    Gabrielle Suchon was a French philosopher of the Modern era
  • Lead, nationality
    Gabrielle Suchon was a French philosopher of the Modern era
  • In Branch: Political Philosophy, Lead, branch
    one of the most original feminist political philosophers of the Grand Siecle
  • In Branch: Ethics, Biography, branch
    Her Treatise on Morality and Politics, published in 1693
  • Associated With: Feminism, Lead, school
    associated with Early Modern Philosophy and Feminism
  • Associated With: Modern Philosophy, Lead, school
    associated with Early Modern Philosophy and Feminism
  • Influenced By: Aristotle, Biography, influences
    mounted a sustained Aristotelian and Thomist defense of women's rights
  • Influenced By: Thomas Aquinas, Biography, influences
    mounted a sustained Aristotelian and Thomist defense of women's rights
  • In Group: Feminist Political Philosophy, Lead, placement
    one of the most original feminist political philosophers of the Grand Siecle
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