Margaret Cavendish used her writing to debate philosophy with some of the great thinkers of the scientific revolution. And she was the only woman to visit the Royal Society meetings for at least its first hundred years.
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Music in this episode:
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Rise by Igor Khabarov
Periodicals by Blue Dot Sessions
The Sun is Scheduled to Come Out Tomorrow by Chris Zabriskie
Feels Like Home by Fabian Measures
Not Drunk (no vocals) by The Joy Drops
Sunset by Lee Rosevere
Five by Marcel Pequel
Pens From Spain (Instrumental) by Loch Lomond
K-Eyes by Rho
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Holy Roller by YACHT
Spontaneous Existence by Little Glass Men
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