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
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