Oliva Sabuco

Oliva Sabuco was a Spanish philosopher and writer (1562–1622). She was born at Alcaraz.

Also recorded as Oliva Sabuco de Nantes Barrera; Donna Oliva Sabuco de Nantes.

Oliva Sabuco in brief

Born
1562
Died
1622
Known for
philosopher and writer
Place of birth
Alcaraz
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Identity and origins

Oliva Sabuco was recorded at birth as Luisa Oliva Sabuco de Nantes Barrera. She also worked under the name Oliva Sabuco de Nantes Barrera. The authorities additionally record the headings Oliva Sabuco de Nantes Barrera and Donna Oliva Sabuco de Nantes. Her recorded languages were Spanish and Latin.

She was the child of Miguel Sabuco.

Catalogued works

6 works under this name are catalogued by Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1587 to 2010.

The true medicine / Oliva Sabuco De Nantes Barrera ; edited and translated by Gianna Pomata., dated [2010], held by Wellcome Collection. Obras de Doña Oliva Sabuco de Nantes, escritora del siglo XVI / con un prólogo de Octavio Cuartero., dated 1888, held by Wellcome Collection. [Nueva filosofia dela naturaleza del hombre, no conocida ni alcançada de los grandes filosofos antiguos: la qual mejora la vida y salud humana / Compuesta por doña Oliva Sabuco (i.e. Miguel Sabuco)]., dated 1587], held by Wellcome Collection. Nueva filosofia de la naturaleza del hombre, no conocida, ni alcanzada de los grandes filosofos antiguos, la qual mejora la vida, y salud humana, con las adicciones de la segunda impression / Escrita, y sacada a luz por Doña Oliva Sabuco de Nantes Barrera [or rather by her father Miguel Sabuco Álvarez] ... con un elogio del doctor Don Martin Martinez á esta obra., dated 1847, held by Wellcome Collection. New philosophy of human nature : neither known to nor attained by the great ancient philosophers, which will improve human life and health / Oliva Sabuco de Nantes Barrera ; translated and edited by Mary Ellen Waithe, Maria Colomer Vintró, and C. Angel Zorita., dated [2007], held by Wellcome Collection. Nueva filosofia de la naturaleza del hombre, no conocida, ni alcançada de los grandes filosofos antiguos ... / con las addiciones de la segunda impression, y (en esta tercera) expurgada., dated 1622, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 10 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

11 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

La Nueva Filosofía de Oliva y Miguel Sabuco [The New Philosophy of Oliva and Miguel Sabuco], ENSAYOS. Revista de la Facultad de Educación de Albacete, 2013. Oliva Sabuco de Nantes Barrera, A History of Women Philosophers, 1989. EL GÉNERO “POSIBILISTA” EN EL RENACIMIENTO ESPAÑOL: LA FILOSOFÍA DE OLIVA SABUCO., Revista Internacional de Culturas y Literaturas, 2009. Doña Oliva Sabuco de Nantes, Books Abroad, 1936. Sabuco de Nantes Barerra, Oliva, Encyclopedia of Early Modern Philosophy and the Sciences, 2021. Metáforas de la maternidad en la obra de Oliva Sabuco, Hipogrifo: Revista de Literatura y Cultura del Siglo de Oro, 2025. Ciencia y filosofía latinas en la obra de Oliva Sabuco, Hipogrifo: Revista de Literatura y Cultura del Siglo de Oro, 2025. La nueva filosofía de la naturaleza del hombre de Oliva Sabuco, Athenea Digital, 2006. La analogía en la Nueva filosofía de la naturaleza del hombre (1587), de Oliva o Miguel Sabuco, Revista de Filología Española, 2023. El cambio de autoridad en la "Nueva filosofía de la naturaleza del hombre" (1587): la plasmación literaria de un afán reformador, Studia Aurea: Revista de Literatura Española y Teoría Literaria del Renacimiento y Siglo de Oro, 2021. Nueva filosofía de la naturaleza del hombre, Athenea Digital, 2006.

Digitised editions and texts

1 digitised item associated with this heading is catalogued by Internet Archive.

Nueua Filosofia de la naturaleza del Ho[m]bre, no conocida de los grandes ... (1588) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 12 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1562Oliva Sabuco born at Alcaraz.
  2. 1587[Nueva filosofia dela naturaleza del hombre, no conocida ni alcançada de los grandes filosofos antiguos: la qual mejora la vida y salud humana / Compuesta por doña Oliva Sabuco (i.e. Miguel Sabuco)]. (Wellcome Collection).
  3. 1588Nueua Filosofia de la naturaleza del Ho[m]bre, no conocida de los grandes ... digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1622Oliva Sabuco died at Alcaraz.
  5. 1622Nueva filosofia de la naturaleza del hombre, no conocida, ni alcançada de los grandes filosofos antiguos ... / con las addiciones de la segunda impression, y (en esta tercera) expurgada. (Wellcome Collection).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Doña Oliva Sabuco de Nantes, Books Abroad, 1936

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    La Nueva Filosofía de Oliva y Miguel Sabuco [The New Philosophy of Oliva and Miguel Sabuco], ENSAYOS. Revista de la Facultad de Educación de Albacete, 2013

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Oliva Sabuco de Nantes Barrera, A History of Women Philosophers, 1989

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Sabuco de Nantes Barerra, Oliva, Encyclopedia of Early Modern Philosophy and the Sciences, 2021

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 6 articles naming Oliva Sabuco.

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  6. 6.

    Internet Archive, 1 digitised item catalogued under Oliva Sabuco as creator.

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  7. 7.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 10 works naming Oliva Sabuco.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q3350696: Oliva Sabuco

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  9. 9.

    “Oliva Sabuco”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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