Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Preface & Acknowledgments IX
4. Introduction: The Letters, Their Author, and Her Times XIII
5. Part I The Philosophy of Sophie de Grouchy
6. Chapter 1 On Sympathy 3
7. Chapter 2 Reason and Sentiments 19
8. Chapter 3 Social and Political Philosophy 35
9. Chapter 4 Morality and Happiness 59
10. Chapter 5 Sophie de Grouchy and Feminist Ethics 67
11. Part II Letters on Sympathy
12. Translator's Preface 101
13. Letter I 107
14. Letter II 115
15. Letter III 123
16. Letter IV 133
17. Letter V On the Origins of Moral Ideas 147
18. Letter VI The Same Subject Continued 157
19. Letter VII Continuing the Same Subject 167
20. Letter VIII 175
21. Bibliography 185
22. Index 193