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Francoise poulain biography

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Poulain de la Barre, Francois
by
Martina Reuter, Tuomas Parsio
  • LAST REVIEWED: 23 March 2023
  • LAST MODIFIED: 23 March 2023
  • DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780195399301-0508

  • Alcover, Madeleine. Poullain de la Barre: Une aventure philosophique. Paris: Papers on French Seventeenth Century Literature/Biblio 17, 1981.

    A pioneering study that critically revises and significantly complements earlier interpretations of Poulain’s thought. Besides feminism and Cartesianism, it closely examines Poulain’s rationalist theological ideas and his contractualist political thought. The volume also provides an overview of the archival materials relevant for retracing Poulain’s family history as well as the reception, influence, and circulation of his writings in his times.

  • Clarke, Desmond M. “Introduction.” In The Equality of the Sexes. Translated and edited by Desmond M. Clarke, 1–53. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 1990.

    This introduction is one of the earliest detailed presentations of Poulain’s thought in English. It discusses his writ

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    François Poulain de la Barre

    1. Life and Works

    Poulain (sometimes spelled Poullain) was born in Paris in 1647 and followed a traditional scholastic curriculum in college. He graduated a master of arts in 1663 and, three years later, he completed theology studies at the Sorbonne. He later complained that his studies prepared him merely to speak in Latin about matters that he did not understand (2011: 281).[1] Poulain's biography between 1666 and 1679 is known only indirectly and is supported by relatively little documentary evidence. In 1667 he was introduced to Cartesianism by a friend who invited him to a Cartesian conference on physiology, and he subsequently deployed many of the critiques of scholastic philosophy that were then current among Cartesians in Paris (such as Jacques Rohault, Louis de la Forge, and Géraud de Cordemoy). He taught literature during this period, as a result of which he published a translation manual in 1672. Poulain then published his feminist books in three successive years: De l'Égalité des Deux Sexes: Discours physiq

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    François Poullain de la Barre

    François Poullain de la Barre (French:[dəlabaʁ]; July 1647 – 4 May 1723)[1] was an author, Catholic priest, and a Cartesian philosopher.

    Life

    François Poullain de la Barre was born during July 1647 in Paris, France, to a family with judicial nobility.[1] He added "de la Barre" to his name later in life.[2] After graduation in 1663 with a master of arts, he spent three years at the College of Sorbonne where he studied theology.[3] In 1679, he became an ordained Catholic priest. From 1679 to 1688, he led two modest parishes, Versigny and La Flamengrie, in Picardy in northern France.[3]

    In 1688, the Catholic Church was critical of Cartesianism, a philosophy that he had embraced early in his career, causing Poullain de la Barre to leave the priesthood and Picardy. Initially, he returned to Paris. By 1689, he had moved to Geneva where he converted to Calvinism, a branch of Protestantism. The following year, he married Marie Ravier.[3] After a year as a tutor, he took a pos

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