Madeleine de Scudery 1607 – 1701
Madeleine de Scudery (1607 – 1701) was a French philosopher of the Modern era, associated with Early Modern Philosophy and Feminism.
Madeleine de Scudery was a French novelist, salonniere, and philosopher of the seventeenth century, the most widely read living writer of her age in any language and the central figure of the Parisian Saturday salon. Her ten-volume novels Artamene, ou Le Grand Cyrus and Clelie, histoire romaine, vehicles for a sustained philosophical conversation on love, friendship, courage, and conduct of life, made her the most influential interpreter of the ethics of honnetete and gallantry in the language. Her Conversations on Diverse Subjects, a separate philosophical book drawn from these dialogues, gave her practical philosophy a more austere form, and influenced Madame de Lambert and the eighteenth-century French moralist tradition.
Key facts
- Nationality
- French
- Era
- Modern
- Movements
- Early Modern Philosophy, Feminism
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Madeleine de Scudery:
“Love is the longest school of moral philosophy.”
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Attributed to Madeleine de Scudery:
“He who would understand friendship must first understand the art of conversation.”
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Attributed to Madeleine de Scudery:
“Courage is the form virtue takes when fortune turns against it.”
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Attributed to Madeleine de Scudery:
“There is no good society without a sustained philosophical conversation among its members.”
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Attributed to Madeleine de Scudery:
“What women have learned in the ordering of households, men might profitably learn in the ordering of states.”
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- When did Madeleine de Scudery live?
- Madeleine de Scudery was born in 1607 and died in 1701.
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- Madeleine de Scudery was a French philosopher of the Modern era.
- What philosophical movements is Madeleine de Scudery associated with?
- Madeleine de Scudery was associated with Early Modern Philosophy and Feminism.
- What was Madeleine de Scudery known for?
- Madeleine de Scudery was a French novelist, salonniere, and philosopher of the seventeenth century, the most widely read living writer of her age in any language and the central figure of the Parisian Saturday salon.
- How many quotes are attributed to Madeleine de Scudery?
- There are 12 attributed quotations from Madeleine de Scudery in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.