“Appendix to the Grounds of Natural Philosophy"

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Title“Appendix to the Grounds of Natural Philosophy"
Year for Search1668
Authors[Cavendish], [Margaret] Duchess of Newcastle(1623?-74)
Secondary TitleIn her Grounds of Natural Philosophy: Divided into Thirteen Parts: With an Appendix Containing Five Parts. The Second Edition, much altered from the First, which went under the Name of Philosophical and Physical Opinions. Written by the Thrice Noble, Illustrious, and Excellent Princess, The Duchess of Newcastle
Pagination237-311
Date Published1668
PublisherPtd. A. Maxwell
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Female author
Annotation

Throughout the “Appendix” Cavendish presents two parts of her mind arguing about a number of issues, including in Parts III and IV (265-309), the nature of happy and unhappy worlds and of regular and irregular worlds and, in doing so, develops some suggestions of eutopia and dystopia.
Additional Publishers

Rpt. as by Margaret Lucas Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle, Grounds of Natural Philosophy (West Cornwall, CT: Locust Hill Press, 1996), 237-311.
Info Notes

The “Appendix” does not appear in the first edition.
Holding Institutions

PLF
Author Note

Duchess of Newcastle (1623?-74).
Full Text

1668 [Cavendish, Margaret], Duchess of Newcastle (1623?-74), “Appendix to the Grounds of Natural Philosophy.” In her Grounds of Natural Philosophy: Divided into Thirteen Parts: With an Appendix Containing Five Parts. The Second Edition, much altered from the First, which went under the Name of Philosophical and Physical Opinions. Written by the Thrice Noble, Illustrious, and Excellent Princess, The Duchess of Newcastle (London: Ptd. A. Maxwell, 1668), 237-311. Rpt. as by Margaret Lucas Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle, Grounds of Natural Philosophy (West Cornwall, CT: Locust Hill Press, 1996), 237-311. The “Appendix” does not appear in the first ed. PLF

Throughout the “Appendix” Cavendish presents two parts of her mind arguing about a number of issues, including in Parts III and IV (265-309), the nature of happy and unhappy worlds and of regular and irregular worlds and, in doing so, develops some suggestions of eutopia and dystopia. Female author.