Concepts by women philosophers

The Encyclopedia of Concise Concepts by Women Philosophers is a free, peer-reviewed archive of philosophical concepts originated or advanced by women, from antiquity to the 21st century. You can browse the archive’s 100–300-word entries by concept, keyword, or philosopher. Reading the entries on Love, I fell down a rabbit hole into Karoline von Günderrode, a German Romantic who saw love not as romance or private emotion but as an elemental force. In her metaphysics, we’re made of imperishable elements that join and separate into ever-changing forms, all reaching for a perfect identity between form and essence—which, to me, is sublimely romantic. — CD