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3 unusual facts about Isotta Nogarola


Isotta Nogarola

She lived in celibacy and solitude, becoming devoutly religious, choosing instead to submerge herself in God and the Bible rather than humanism.

The two would debate over philosophical questions, most famously over whose sin was greater: Adam's or Eve's.

Her most influential work was a performance piece, "Dialogue on Adam and Eve", in which she discussed the relative sinfulness of Adam and Eve and thereby opening up a centuries-long debate in Europe on gender and the nature of woman.


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