Anne Conway | |
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Born | Anne Finch 14 December 1631 London, England |
Died | 23 February 1679 Ragley Hall, Warwickshire, England | (aged 47)
Resting place | Holy Trinity Church, Arrow, Warwickshire[1] |
Spouse | |
Children | Heneage Edward Conway |
Parent(s) | Sir Heneage Finch Elizabeth Cradock |
Relatives | John Finch (brother) |
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Main interests | Metaphysics, Monism |
Anne Conway (also known as Viscountess Conway; née Finch; 14 December 1631 – 23 February 1679[2]) was an English philosopher of the Enlightenment, 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.[3]