Mary Ellen Waithe's volume on ancient women philosophers has a lot more fragments; my favorites are the pythagoreans. I think it's just titled "A History of Women Philosophers" vol. 1. It's fun to include the women! Best, Melissa On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Sara Protasi <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear FEASTers, > > first of all, let me remark on what a wonderful resource this is and how > appreciative I am not only of the answers you all gave me in the past but > also of all of the other inquiries and information provided via this > newsletter. I am learning so much just by standing on the sidelines, not > just in terms of philosophical content, but also of history of the > discipline (I am thinking especially of the all the emails concerning Nancy > Hartsock). > > Ok, now for the the request of help! I am teaching Ancient (Western) > philosophy in the Fall (introductory undergraduate class, students ranging > from freshmen to senior level) and I am trying to integrate women > philosophers in my syllabus, which is not an easy task. Any suggestion? > > The only source of primary literature accessible to undergraduates that I > have been able to find is Kathleen Wider's 1986 Hypatia article. The > fragments reported there are actually not terribly interesting > (philosophically speaking), but the article raises a bunch of historical, > historiographical and sociological issues that might be novel to many > students. > I am leaning toward assigning it as my reading for one class dedicated in > general to the topic "where are the women in Ancient philosophy?". > > Any further suggestion would be very appreciated. I'll happily send a > digest of what I get, if I receive it off-list (but I take it that people > don't mind to have a thread on these things). > > Thank you! > Sara > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the FEAST-L list: write to: mailto: > [log in to unmask] or click the following link: > https://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FEAST-L&A=1 > -- Melissa Burchard Professor of Philosophy University of North Carolina Asheville ############################ To unsubscribe from the FEAST-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: https://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FEAST-L&A=1