Marie Huber

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Marie Huber (born March 4, 1695 in Geneva , † June 13, 1753 in Lyon ) was a Geneva translator, editor and author of theological works.

Nicolas Fatio de Duillier's niece and her family settled in Lyon in 1711. Initially shaped by Pietism , she later became a rationalist . With her works she exerted a strong influence on Jean-Jacques Rousseau . Marie Huber was the great-aunt of the natural scientist François Huber .

Works

  • Lettres sur la religion essentielle à l'homme , 1738–39

literature

  • Maria-Cristina Pitassi, Etre femme et théorienne au XVIIIe siècle , in: Michelle Magdelaine u. ibid ., De l'Humanisme aux Lumières , Paris 1996, 395-409
  • Maria-Cristina Pitassi: Huber, Marie. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .