Evidence: | "... [the young Frances Power Cobbe] ... read, in what translations were ... accessible, in Eastern sacred philosophy, such as Anquetil du Perron's Zend Avesta, and Sir William Jones's Institutes of Menu, and found out as much as she could about the Greek and Alexandrian philosophers from Diogenes Laertius and the old translators, as well as from a large Biographical Dictionary." |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Frances Power Cobbe |
Age | Unknown |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 1822 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Ireland |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Sir William Jones |
Title: | Institutes of Menu |
Genre: | Other religious, Philosophy |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | in translation |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 4778 | |
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Author: | Kate Flint | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Woman Reader: 1837-1914 | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1993 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 224 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Kate Flint, The Woman Reader: 1837-1914 (Oxford, 1993), p. 224, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4778, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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