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The Blazing World · Theme
Knowledge and Science
How The Blazing World develops Knowledge and Science.
The text engages with experimental philosophy, featuring spirits, telescopes, submarines, and fire-stones, and includes discussions of natural phenomena like poles, suns, and navigation, reflecting the author's interest in scientific inquiry.
Where it surfaces
- The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
The Duchess critiques learned societies and philosophical systems, arguing that learning breeds controversy and rebellion, and ultimately creates her own world from rational self-moving matter.