Bathsua Makin c. 1600 – c. 1675
Bathsua Makin (c. 1600 – c. 1675) was an English philosopher of the Modern era, associated with Early Modern Philosophy and Feminism.
Bathsua Makin was an English educator, philosopher, and the most learned woman of her age in early modern England, tutor to the daughters of Charles I and the author of the most ambitious early-modern English defense of the higher education of women. Her An Essay to Revive the Ancient Education of Gentlewomen of 1673 mounted a sustained Christian-humanist argument that women's traditional disqualification from learning is a custom rather than a nature, and proposed a curriculum of languages, mathematics, history, and philosophy at her own school at Tottenham High Cross. She corresponded in fluent Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and several modern languages, and was widely consulted by the learned of her day.
Key facts
- Nationality
- English
- Era
- Modern
- Movements
- Early Modern Philosophy, Feminism
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Bathsua Makin:
“The barbarous custom of denying women a liberal education is a custom, not a law of nature.”
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Attributed to Bathsua Makin:
“Women have been kept ignorant, then blamed for their ignorance; the second is a worse offense than the first.”
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Attributed to Bathsua Makin:
“Languages are the ladders by which the soul climbs to the heights of philosophy.”
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Attributed to Bathsua Makin:
“He who refuses to teach his daughter cheats his son of an equal companion.”
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Attributed to Bathsua Makin:
“What the gentlemen learn in the universities, gentlewomen may learn in better-ordered households.”
Frequently asked about Bathsua Makin
- When did Bathsua Makin live?
- Bathsua Makin was born in c. 1600 and died in c. 1675.
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- Bathsua Makin was an English philosopher of the Modern era.
- What philosophical movements is Bathsua Makin associated with?
- Bathsua Makin was associated with Early Modern Philosophy and Feminism.
- What was Bathsua Makin known for?
- Bathsua Makin was an English educator, philosopher, and the most learned woman of her age in early modern England, tutor to the daughters of Charles I and the author of the most ambitious early-modern English defense of the higher education of women.
- How many quotes are attributed to Bathsua Makin?
- There are 9 attributed quotations from Bathsua Makin in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.