Anne Conway
Sign in to saveAlso known as Lady Conway, Lady Anne Finch Conway, Anne Finch Conway, Lady Anne Conway, Anne Finch, Viscountess Conway, Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, Anne Conway Viscountess Conway
English philosopher
Key facts
- Born
- Anne Finch , ( 1631-12-14 ) 14 December 1631, London , England
- Died
- 23 February 1679 (1679-02-23) (aged 47), Ragley Hall , Warwickshire , England
- Resting place
- Holy Trinity Church , Arrow, Warwickshire
- Occupation
- Philosopher
- Spouse
- Edward Conway, 1st Earl of Conway ( after 1651 )
- Children
- Heneage Edward Conway
- Parent s
- Sir Heneage Finch , Elizabeth Cradock
- Relatives
- John Finch (brother)
- Era
- 17th Century Age of Enlightenment
- Region
- Western philosophy British philosophy
- Main interests
- Metaphysics , Monism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anne
- Family name
- Conway
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Father
- Heneage Finch
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Quakers
- Image
- Samuel van Hoogstraten - Perspective View with a Woman Reading a Letter - 66 - Mauritshuis.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1631-12-14
- date of death
- 1679-02-18
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Encyclopedic overview
Anne Conway (also known as Viscountess Conway; née Finch; 14 December 1631 – 23 February 1679) was an English philosopher of the seventeenth century, 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.
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