“Boyle lets Cavendish speak for herself as much as possible, while providing tools necessary to analyze the Letters. . ." “Introducing the most essential topics Cavendish covers in her Letters, Boyle goes through her philosophical system and portrays her as a philosopher with a wide variety of interests, who provided arguments for, for example, self-moving matter, perspectives on ... Read morenature, epistemology, and, albeit comparatively briefly, philosophy of religion. Boyle herein portrays Cavendish as a knowledgeable natural scientist. . . Boyle obviously understands Cavendish’s way of thinking and presents it accessibly to some very lucky students who have access to this complementary work, which reestablishes the letters as one of Cavendish’s thus far all-too-often neglected texts.” - Sina Menke, University of Marburg, on H-Net Reviews Show Less