Philosophy Archives - Infinite Women

Timycha of Sparta

Ancient Greek philosopher

Arete of Cyrene

Arete of Cyrene (l. 4th century BCE) was a philosopher of the Cyrenaic School

Simone de Beauvoir

Perhaps the most renowned French feminist writer of the twentieth century, Simone de Beauvoir made significant contributions to the French feminist and existentialist movements.

Katherine Jones

1600s Viscountess Ranelagh and woman of letters

Sister Nivedita

Irish educator, writer, and political activist in India

Simone Veil

French magistrate, Holocaust survivor and politician who championed women’s rights and is remembered for the landmark 1975 law legalising abortion, the Veil Act (Loi Veil).

Bettina d’Andrea

1300s Italian legal scholar and professor in law and philosophy at the University of Padua

Japanese novelist and poet Murasaki Shikibu served as a lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court in the Heian period, in the late 900s and early 1000s CE. While she is best known for the three-part novel The Tale of Genji, 128 of her poems were gathered into a collection of Poetic Memoirs, and her diary serves as a fascinating look at court life in this period.