Primary Material:
- Grouchy, Sophie. Letters on Sympathy. 1798.
- Grouchy, Sophie. Translation of Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiment and Origins of Language and added commentary. 1798.
- Grouchy, Sophie. Various pieces published in Le Républicain. 1791.
- Translation of two pieces by Thomas Paine.
Secondary Material:
- Berges, Sandrine, “Sophie de Grouchy”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2019), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2019/entries/sophie-de-grouchy.
- This encyclopedia entry is a comprehensive overview of Sophie de Grouchy in regards to her philosophical endeavors. It specifically details her views and contributions to dominant themes throughout philosophy.
- Berges, Sandrine, “Sophie de Grouchy on the Cost of Domination in the Letters on Sympathy and Two Anonymous Articles in Le Républicain”, The Monist: An International Quarterly Journal of General Philosophical Inquiry (January 2015), Vol. 98, Iss. 1: 102-112. DOI:0009786607; 10.1093/monist/onu011
- This paper is a discussion of republican thought in 18th-century France. Specifically, this article examines Le Républicain and the contributions made by Sophie de Grouchy. Berges focuses on Grouchy’s discussion of the ‘cost’ of tyranny.
- Bréban, Laurie, Dellemotte, Jean, “From One Sympathy to Another: Sophie de Grouchy’s Translation of and Commentary on Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments“, History of Political Economy (December 2017), Vol. 49, Iss. 4: 667–707. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-4296353
- This paper examines Grouchy’s translation of Adam Smith and her commentary in Letters on Sympathy. Specifically, this paper draws comparisons between her commentaries and connects her theories of philosophy across both works.
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