Abstract
Abstract
This article reconstructs the reception of Émilie Du Châtelet in Spanish culture, analysing how her philosophical and scientific contributions were valued and how her persona was framed in terms of intellectual and moral virtues as well as gender roles. The corpus examined spans academic and popular literary genres published between 1750 and 1900 and situates her reception within broader scientific, philosophical, and feminist discourses of the period written by Spanish intellectuals. The study concludes that, until the late nineteenth century, there was no direct or in-depth engagement with the content of Du Châtelet’s works, but only a superficial awareness of their titles and vague notions of some of her views. Nevertheless, she was a recognizable figure who appeared frequently in popular works, where her relationship with Voltaire was more widely acknowledged than her writings. Her image was multifaceted: praised as a model wise woman, she was also rejected, particularly on moral grounds.