The Literary Archive

Primary Sources

Sophie Germain's philosophical works (Edited by H. Stupuy,Paris: Paul Ritti, 1879. New Ed .: Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1896.

General considerations on the state of science and literature at different times of their culture. Edited by Armand-Jacques Lherbette. Paris: 1833.


Secondary Literature

Liard, Louis. 1879.  ' Analyses. Sophie Germain. OEuvres philosophiques'. Revue philosophique de la France et de l’étranger, 8, 426–431.

Glesser, Adam, Suceavã, Bogdan, D. and Vajiac, Michaela. 2020. ‘The Infinite is the chasm in which our thoughts are lost: Reflections on Sophie Germain’s essays’, Memoirs of the Scientific Sections of the Romanian Academy, Tome XLIII, 215-223.

Muller, Jil. 2023. ‘Space and Time: Mathematical and Moral Thoughts in Sophie Germain and Blaise Pascal’. In: Harry, C.C., Vlahakis, G.N. (eds) Exploring the Contributions of Women in the History of Philosophy, Science, and Literature, Throughout Time. Women in the History of Philosophy and Sciences, vol 20. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39630-4_7

Tamboukou, Maria. 2023. Feeling Happiness, Feeling Science: Diffractive Readings of Émilie Du Châtelet’s and Sophie Germain’s philosophical writings. Journal of the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, 2, 68-88, doi: 10.1163/2666318X-bja00020.