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_id: '20690'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: The Enlightenment is well known for its critical analysis of the Bible. Though
    the Renaissance sources have been acknowledged as an inspiration of this movement,
    the Querelle des Femmes and its critique of the Bible has never been considered
    as a possible catalyst for the enlightened philosophical discourse. For centuries
    women have fought against interpretations of the Bible.This paper argues that
    the Querelle des Femmes criticized the Bible not only because of its patriarchal
    content but also criticized philosophical thinking that, for supporting the views
    from the Bible and its misogynist stance, misusing the instruments of rational
    philosophy. Arguments from 1400-1750, from Nogarola to Du Châtelet proof women
    philosophers’ fight in favour of a critique of the bible from a rational point
    of view, reflecting also on the status of what it meant, to argue rationally.
author:
- first_name: Ruth
  full_name: Hagengruber, Ruth
  id: '198'
  last_name: Hagengruber
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3360-6335
citation:
  ama: Hagengruber R. Pressure on Enlightenment. Bible Critics from Nogarola to Du
    Châtelet. <i>Dianoia 31, no XXV</i>. Published online 2020:331-353.
  apa: Hagengruber, R. (2020). Pressure on Enlightenment. Bible Critics from Nogarola
    to Du Châtelet. <i>Dianoia 31, No. XXV</i>, 331–353.
  bibtex: '@article{Hagengruber_2020, title={Pressure on Enlightenment. Bible Critics
    from Nogarola to Du Châtelet}, journal={Dianoia 31, no. XXV}, author={Hagengruber,
    Ruth}, year={2020}, pages={331–353} }'
  chicago: Hagengruber, Ruth. “Pressure on Enlightenment. Bible Critics from Nogarola
    to Du Châtelet.” <i>Dianoia 31, No. XXV</i>, 2020, 331–53.
  ieee: R. Hagengruber, “Pressure on Enlightenment. Bible Critics from Nogarola to
    Du Châtelet,” <i>Dianoia 31, no. XXV</i>, pp. 331–353, 2020.
  mla: Hagengruber, Ruth. “Pressure on Enlightenment. Bible Critics from Nogarola
    to Du Châtelet.” <i>Dianoia 31, No. XXV</i>, 2020, pp. 331–53.
  short: R. Hagengruber, Dianoia 31, No. XXV (2020) 331–353.
conference:
  location: 'Bologna '
  name: Conference European Society of  Early Modern Philosophy
date_created: 2020-12-08T15:34:45Z
date_updated: 2022-11-25T20:27:36Z
department:
- _id: '519'
keyword:
- 'Keywords: Bible critics'
- Isotta Nogarola
- Querelle des femmes
- Enlightenment
- Émilie Du Châtelet.
language:
- iso: eng
page: 331-353
publication: Dianoia 31, no. XXV
publication_identifier:
  isbn:
  - ISBN 978-88-7000-877-7
publication_status: published
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Pressure on Enlightenment. Bible Critics from Nogarola to Du Châtelet
type: journal_article
user_id: '49063'
year: '2020'
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