The article presents the short biography and works of Venetian woman – Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia, the first woman in history, who received doctoral degree in philosophy. It took place in 1678 on the University of Padua – “the Venetian University” since the fifteenth century. Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia was very well educated, especially in philosophy and theology. She also knew several languages: Latin, Greek, Spanish, Hebrew. Only part of her writings is kept, among which the most important are the four discourses on political problems.
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