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Atoms, Pneuma, and Tranquillity
Epicurean and Stoic Themes in European Thought
Häftad, 2005
1221 kr
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This volume examines the influence that Epicureanism and Stoicism, two philosophies of nature and human nature articulated during classical times, exerted on the development of European thought to the Enlightenment. Although the influence of these philosophies has often been noted in certain areas, …
Atoms, Pneuma, and Tranquillity
Epicurean and Stoic Themes in European Thought
Inbunden, 1991
2052 kr
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This volume examines the influence that Epicureanism and Stoicism, two philosophies of nature and human nature articulated during classical times, exerted on the development of European thought to the Enlightenment. Although the influence of these philosophies has often been noted in certain areas, …
Divine Will and the Mechanical Philosophy
Gassendi and Descartes on Contingency and Necessity in the Created World
Inbunden, 1994
1628 kr
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This book is about the influence of varying theological conceptions of contingency and necessity on two versions of the mechanical philosophy in the seventeenth century. Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655) and René Descartes (1596-1650) both believed that all natural phenomena could be explained in terms …
Divine Will and the Mechanical Philosophy
Gassendi and Descartes on Contingency and Necessity in the Created World
Häftad, 2004
732 kr
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This book is about the influence of varying theological conceptions of contingency and necessity on two versions of the mechanical philosophy in the seventeenth century. Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655) and René Descartes (1596-1650) both believed that all natural phenomena could be explained in terms …
Religion, Science, and Worldview
Essays in Honor of Richard S. Westfall
Av Margaret J. Osler, Paul Lawrence Farber
Häftad, 2002
781 kr
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This collection of original essays by his former graduate students and colleagues honors Richard S. Westfall, a highly influential scholar in the history of the physical sciences and their relations with religion. The book is divided into three parts that reflect Professor Westfall's scholarly …
Rethinking the Scientific Revolution
Av Margaret J. Osler, Margaret J. Osler
Inbunden, 2000
1769 kr
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This book challenges the traditional historiography of the Scientific Revolution, probably the single most important unifying concept in the history of science. Usually referring to the period from Copernicus to Newton (roughly 1500 to 1700), the Scientific Revolution is considered to be the …
Rethinking the Scientific Revolution
Av Margaret J. Osler, Margaret J. Osler
Häftad, 2000
796 kr
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This book challenges the traditional historiography of the Scientific Revolution, probably the single most important unifying concept in the history of science. Usually referring to the period from Copernicus to Newton (roughly 1500 to 1700), the Scientific Revolution is considered to be the …
Reconfiguring the World
Nature, God, and Human Understanding from the Middle Ages to Early Modern Europe
Häftad, 2010
368 kr
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Change in human understanding of the natural world during the early modern period marks one of the most important episodes in intellectual history. This era is often referred to as the scientific revolution, but recent scholarship has challenged traditional accounts. Here, in Reconfiguring the …
Reconfiguring the World
Nature, God, and Human Understanding from the Middle Ages to Early Modern Europe
Inbunden, 2010
522 kr
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Change in human understanding of the natural world during the early modern period marks one of the most important episodes in intellectual history. This era is often referred to as the scientific revolution, but recent scholarship has challenged traditional accounts. Here, in Reconfiguring the …
