Christine De Pizan E A Virtude Intelectual Feminina

Palavras-chave

Feminino; Intelecto; Natureza

Autores

• Joeliton Soares da Costa

Abstract

This research, which began within PIBIVOL, proposes to investigate Christine de Pizan’s understanding of femininity. The philosopher uses metaphysics as a theoretical foundation to overturn hegemonic conceptions that denied women the possession of reason and intellectuality. In a period dominated by Aristotelian-Thomistic discourses that conceived the female as an “imperfect male” and, therefore, naturally deficient, Christine proposes a positive ontology of the feminine. Using an analytical-philosophical-conceptual methodology, it is understood through her reflection that she breaks with paradigms that subordinated the feminine to the masculine, restoring to women ontological dignity and intellectual capacity. Christine establishes a new way of thinking about the feminine being, grounded in the universality of reason and the metaphysical equality between the sexes. Her work thus represents a turning point in Western thought, as it inaugurates a philosophical discourse in which the feminine ceases to be absence and becomes full presence in the horizon of being and knowledge. Medievalist philosophy enables us to envision new horizons for education focused on gender discussions.