<p>This episode offers an overview of the life, and what we know of the work, of the ancient thinker and early Cynic philosopher Hipparchia. She may be one of the first examples in the Western tradition of a woman who refuses to live according to established conventions in order to assert her autonomy.</p>

This episode offers an overview of the life, and what we know of the work, of the ancient thinker and early Cynic philosopher Hipparchia. She may be one of the first examples in the Western tradition of a woman who refuses to live according to established conventions in order to assert her autonomy.

Hipparchia

This is a series for those interested in learning more about women writers, intellectuals and activists, women who deserve to be known better than they are. Episodes of the podcast were written and presented by students at the University of Toronto enrolled in a course devoted to the study of women writers in the history of political thought. The podcast is inspired in part by Christine de Pizan’s Book of the City of Ladies (1405).

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