something brief on Anne Conway and British early modernity in ‘the longue durée’
https://pdbowman.studio/briefs/26-mar-23-justin-sledge-episode-on-anne-conway
#blog #JustinSledge #LadyAnneConway #AnneConway #RenéDescartes #FrancisMercuryVanHelmont #rationalism #vitalism
Anne Finch was born #OTD 1631. She was married to Edward Conway, later (in 1755) the 3rd Viscount Conway (English) and 3rd Viscount Killultagh (Irish).
#AnneConway was never in Ireland but she had Irish connections: she corresponded with philosophers #RobertBoyle and #DorothyMoore (and possibly #LadyRanelagh).
She also knew #JeremyTaylor. Her husband brought Taylor to Portmore Co. Antrim in 1658, probably to protect him.
https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2016/12/14/anne-conway-and-ireland/