Anne Conway, also known as Viscountess Conway; née Finch who lived between 14 December 1631 – 23 February 1679 was an English philosopher whose work, in the tradition of the Cambridge Platonists, was an influence on Gottfried Leibniz. Conway's thought is a deeply original form of rationalist philosophy, with hallmarks of gynocentric concerns and patterns that lead some to think of it as unique among seventeenth-century systems.
The framework of Conway's system is a tripartite ontological hierarchy of “species”, the highest of which is God, the source of all being. Christ, or “middle nature”, links God and the third species, called “Creature”. God as the most perfect being is infinitely good, wise, and just.
She wrote one complete philosophical treatise and corresponded with several contemporary philosophers and other thinkers. The treatise, The Principles of the Most Modern and Ancient Philosophy (hereafter Principles) was published posthumously, in 1690.
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