Conway’s vitalism grew from her illness and Quaker refuge, not pure logic.

Evidence

Her commitment to spirit as the solution to the dualistic dilemma derived not only from the logic of philosophical alternatives, but also from psychological needs connected to her physical health and her adoption of Quakerism as a spiritual refuge friendly to women. — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature, 973

Categorization

• XREF: Ties to the polyad thread that a woman’s embodied, suffering standpoint shaped a philosophy; echoes ch60 on Van Helmont’s arrival via Conway’s migraines and Quakerism’s gender equality. — connects to: Conway reinterpreted death as a change of life, not annihilation. — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology,…, 968