A Renaissance of Reason: Ireland's Philosophical Roots Uncovered
New findings show William Molyneux helped bring Enlightenment ideas to Ireland, challenging old views of its intellectual history.
#IrishPhilosophy, #WilliamMolyneux, #Enlightenment, #TrinityCollege, #DublinHistory
https://newsletter.tf/ireland-molyneux-enlightenment-ideas-dublin/
Recent research highlights William Molyneux's key role in Ireland's intellectual history, showing a stronger connection to European Enlightenment ideas than previously thought.
#IrishPhilosophy, #WilliamMolyneux, #Enlightenment, #TrinityCollege, #DublinHistory
https://newsletter.tf/ireland-molyneux-enlightenment-ideas-dublin/
Philosophia
Clare Marie Moriarty reflects on philosophy and motherhood in a tribute to Professor Maria Rosa Antognazza.
I've an article in the #IrishPhilosophy edition of #PhilosophyNow. https://philosophynow.org/issues/160
For readers of that, or anyone new to the blog, there's a new introductory post to help people find their way about the blog.
https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2024/02/06/irish-philosophy-meets-philosophy-now/
Fáilte!
From the revamped blog:
Adomnán and the Law of the Innocent
#SilentSunday #IrishPhilosophy
A stained glass window in memory of #OliverGoldsmith, depicting one of the characters from "The Deserted Village", the devoted clergyman. From
St Munis CoI, #Forgney Co. Longford, which lies south of #NewcastleWood.
Goldsmith is believed to have been born in the townland of #Pallas, just north of Newcastle Wood (best know as the home of #CenterParcsLongford).
The poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44292/the-deserted-village
Link to the original image https://www.gloine.ie/search/window/14994/w03?i=1
"In practice the text of #Lucretius rests upon two Leiden manuscripts [...] The older and better is O (Voss. Lat. F. 30)Offsite Link. It was written not long after 800 in the Palace School of Charlemagne. A contemporary corrector, using a distinctive insular hand, emended the text and in places filled up lacunae left by the orignal scribe. This hand has been recognized as that of Dungal" https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=3217
More on the Irish scholar Dúngal https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2016/06/26/dungal/
One of #DIBs featured bios today is scholar Dorothy Moore https://www.dib.ie/biography/moore-dorothy-nee-king-other-married-name-dury-a10294
(The others are also 17th century women:
Boyle, Margaret (1623 - 1689)
Boyle, Elizabeth (1613 - 1691)
Barry, Alice (1608 - 1667)
Pulter, Lady Hester (1605 - 1678)
https://www.dib.ie/ )
@rmathematicus review of Michelle DiMeo's book "Lady Ranelagh: The Incomparable Life of Robert Boyle’s Sister".
Not just an elder sister: https://wp.me/py7Pg-23G
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