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14 Idolatry - with George Eliot and Dorothea Brooke - Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society -Women's intellectual history

from The Female Stoic | Women in History - Literature, Philosophy and Female Empowerment. · host Stephanie Poppins | Female Stoic, Bluestocking, Teacher of Classic literature

PLEASE LIKE AND COMMENT ON THIS FEMALE EMPOWERMENT PODCAST IF YOU BENEFIT FROM IT. IT REALLY HELPS ME DEVELOP THIS EDUCATIONAL PROJECT. THANK YOU. The Female Stoic podcast Philosophy and Literature podcast with Stephanie Poppins 14 Idolatry - with George Eliot and Dorothea Brooke Philosophy and Literature Female Empowerment Bluestocking Society Women's intellectual history This episode of The Female Stoic Podcast looks at idolatry and how we, as stoics in training, should avoid it. Dorothea attempts to actualize her philanthropic goals through her only plausible outlet: marriage to the middle-aged scholar, Edward Casaubon. However, the relationship that she expects to “deliver her from her girlish subjection to her own ignorance and give her the freedom of voluntary submission to a guide who would take her along the grandest path” only disappoints her, for Casaubon has no intention to cultivate Dorothea’s personhood. Besides wishing for a husband who would educate her, Dorothea also desires for a partner to converse with her as an equal: “Poor Dorothea before her marriage had never found much room in other minds for what she cared most to say.” IMPORTANT: My words, my face, my performance, my voice are my own (the property of Stephanie Poppins - nee Stephanie Hudson). I own the rights to this performance. I do not give permission for my voice, face or performance to be manipulated with AI. I do not give permission for my public persona to be manipulated/associated with anything other than the performances I post. Voice on this audiobook is registered as a trademark, and isprotected with an invisible watermark. All rights reserved ©neworldbooks This product is licensed for individual use only.Duplication, redistribution, or resale are prohibited. Music by Jean-Miles Carter Published by Neworld Books Audiobooks available at: www.neworldbooks.uk charlotte bronte, female stoics , philosophy, women in philosophy, stoic philosophy, jane austen, english literature, stoic advice, literature and history, stoicism, practical stoicism, literature, bluestockings, literary discussion, stoic empowerment,stoicism, stoicism philosophy, marcus aurelius, practical stoicism, stoic, stoicism quotes, how to practice stoicism, stoic philosophy, stoicism today, seneca, personal development, stoicism and success, stoic wisdom, how to change negative thinking, seneca teachings, marcus aurelius quotes, stoic teachings, stoicism for women, how can a women use stoicism, become a stoic woman, how to be a stoic, the female stoic, stephanie poppins, insight timer, the female stoic podcast

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