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Anne Conway

1631 - 1679

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Anne Conway (also known as Viscountess Conway; née Finch; 14 December 1631 – 23 February 1679) was an English philosopher of the seventeenth century, whose work was in the tradition of the Cambridge Platonists. Conway's thought is a deeply original form of rationalist philosophy. Conway rejected Cartesian substance dualism and instead, argued that nature is constituted by one substance. Against the mechanists, she argued that matter is not passive, but has self-motion, perception, and life. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anne Conway is the 398th most popular philosopher (up from 704th in 2019), the 906th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,542nd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Anne Conway ranks 398 out of 1,267. Before her are Haji Bektash Veli, Saadia Gaon, Archelaus, A. S. Neill, J. L. Austin, and Bartolus de Saxoferrato. After her are Carl Gustav Hempel, Siger of Brabant, Plutarch of Athens, Karl Rahner, Antoine Destutt de Tracy, and Luce Irigaray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1631, Anne Conway ranks 4. Before her are Isaac Barrow, Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, and François Vatel. After her are John Dryden, Abraham Brueghel, Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein-Gottorp, Al-Rashid of Morocco, Pierre Beauchamp, Marco d'Aviano, Selim I Giray, and Flavio Chigi. Among people deceased in 1679, Anne Conway ranks 5. Before her are Thomas Hobbes, Jan Steen, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, and Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria. After her are Joost van den Vondel, John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg, John of Austria the Younger, Marie de Rohan, Willem van Aelst, and Jean François Paul de Gondi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anne Conway ranks 906 out of 8,785. Before her are Thomas Savery (1650), Kenneth Clark (1903), John Pell (1611), Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141), John Gielgud (1904), and Banksy (1970). After her are John Pople (1925), Margaret Rutherford (1892), Henry, Duke of Cornwall (1511), Graham Taylor (1944), Peter Mansfield (1933), and Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth (1876).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Anne Conway ranks 22. Before her are Thomas Carlyle (1795), William Godwin (1756), Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855), G. E. Moore (1873), A. S. Neill (1883), and J. L. Austin (1911). After her are E. H. Carr (1892), Thomas Hill Green (1836), Francis Hutcheson (1694), John of Salisbury (1110), Roger Scruton (1944), and Alasdair MacIntyre (1929).

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