Complex sentence: Le Dœuff's work is marked by an original historicism: her intense philosophical and literary analysis of English empiricist philosophy, especially of Francis Bacon, places her in a rare position within continental philosophy.
Split into simpler sentences: Le Dœuff's ideas are driven by her intense philosophical and literary analysis of English empiricist philosophy, especially of Francis Bacon. This original historicism of philosophy places her in a rare position within continental philosophy.