 Women played crucial roles in the conception, refinement, and popularization of the key ideas and systems of the German Enlightenment, as can be seen by considering their contributions to and connections with the two major early philosophical schools of the period already discussed: the Leibnizian-Wolffian and the Thomasian(-Pietist). With respect to Thomasius, it should be noted that he makes quite clear himself that his intention in publishing his works in logic and ethics in the vernacular was to reach a wider audience, including women. Thus, the subtitle of his Introduction to the Doctrine of Reason indicates that it will show