Madeleine Patin (c.1643 – 28 September 1722),
born Madeleine Hommetz, was a
French moralist
In French literature, the moralists () were a tradition of secular writers who described "personal, social and political conduct", typically through Maxim (philosophy), maxims. The tradition is associated with the Salon (gathering), salons of the ...
author.
The wife of medical doctor and
numismatist
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Charles Patin
Charles Patin (23 February 163310 October 1693) was a French physician and numismatist
A numismatist is a specialist, researcher, and/or well-informed collector of numismatics, numismatics/coins ("of coins"; from Late Latin , genitive of ). Nu ...
, and daughter of medical doctor and letter writer
Guy Patin
Guy (or Guido) Patin (1601 in Hodenc-en-Bray, Oise – 30 August 1672 in Paris) was a French medical doctor and man of letters.
Patin was doyen (or dean) of the Faculty of Medicine in Paris (1650–1652) and professor in the Collège de Fra ...
, Madeleine Patin wrote philosophical and moral reflections. This genre was popular in Europe during the period, and was one to which French writers such as
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (, ; ; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Republic of Geneva, Genevan philosopher (''philosophes, philosophe''), writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment through ...
made contributions. She published ''Christian and Moral Reflections on the Epistles of St. Paul'' in 1680, which she dedicated to Empress Eleanora of Austria.
This work is still included in published anthologies today.
She was made a member of the
Galileiana Academy of Arts and Science
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, as were her husband and their two daughters,
Charlotte-Catherine and
Gabrielle-Charlotte. She was also made a member of the
Academy of Ricovrati learned society of
Padua, Italy
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.
See also
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French literature
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17th-century French literature
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17th century in France
French women writers
1640s births
1722 deaths