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Henry More (1614–1687) Tercentenary Studies
with a biography and bibliography by Robert Crocker
Av S. Hutton
Inbunden, 1989
2189 kr
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Of all the Cambridge Platonists, Henry More has attracted the most scholar ly interest in recent years, as the nature and significance of his contribution to the history of thought has come to be better understood. This revival of interest is in marked contrast to the neglect of More's writings …
Kant’s Practical Philosophy Reconsidered
Papers presented at the Seventh Jerusalem Philosophical Encounter, December 1986
Av Y. Yovel
Inbunden, 1989
1643 kr
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That Kant's ideas remain vitally present in ethical thinking today is as impossible to deny as it is to overlook their less persisting aspects and sometimes outdated idiom. The essays in this volume attempt to reassess some crucial questions in Kant's practical philosophy both by sketching the …
Essays on the Context, Nature, and Influence of Isaac Newton’s Theology
Inbunden, 1990
1643 kr
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This collection of essays is the fruit of about fifteen years of discussion and research by James Force and me. As I look back on it, our interest and concern with Newton's theological ideas began in 1975 at Washington University in St. Louis. James Force was a graduate student in philosophy and I …
Liberty in Hume’s History of England
Inbunden, 1990
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LIBERTY IN HUME'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND In his own lifetime, Hume was feted by his admirers as a great historian, and even his enemies conceded that he was a controversial historian with whom one had to reckon. On the other hand, Hume failed to achieve positive recognition for his philosophical views. …
In the Presence of the Past
Essays in Honor of Frank Manuel
Inbunden, 1990
1693 kr
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The broad canvas covered by the articles in the present volume celebrates the diversity and richness of the writings of Frank Manuel during a scholarly career that spans over five decades. The subjects of the articles - ranging from science to utopia, from theology to political thought - mirror …
Thought and Faith in the Philosophy of Hegel
Av J.E. Walker
Inbunden, 1991
1098 kr
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The purpose of this collection of papers is to introduce English speaking philosophers and theologians to something of the variety of the contemporary debate about the religious relevance of Hegel's thought. It is published in the hope that it will appeal not only to specialised students of …
Shapes of Knowledge from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
Inbunden, 1991
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The original idea for a conference on the "shapes of knowledge" dates back over ten years to conversations with the late Charles Schmitt of the Warburg Institute. What happened to the classifications of the sciences between the time of the medieval Studium and that of the French Encyclopedie is a …
Rhyme and Reason of Politics in Early Modern Europe
Collected Essays of Herbert H. Rowen
Av Herbert Harvey Rowen, Craig Harline m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
906 kr
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This volume brings together essays and reviews of Herbert H. Rowen, professor emeritus of Rutgers University, foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and one of the first important English-speaking historians of the Dutch Republic since John Lothrop Motley. Many of the …
Covetous of Truth
The Life and Work of Thomas White, 1593–1676
Inbunden, 1993
1098 kr
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Thomas White, in the quatercentenary of his birth, is due for historical rehabilitation. English Catholic priest, philosopher, theologian, and scientist, he was a renowned and notorious figure in his own day; and, though long forgot ten, his work exemplifies aspects of major current concern to …
Models of the History of Philosophy: From its Origins in the Renaissance to the ‘Historia Philosophica’
Inbunden, 1993
1425 kr
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Models of the History of Philosophy. From its Origins in the Renaissance to the `Historia philosophica' (a translation of a work published in 1981 in Italian - the bibliography has been updated) gives a comprehensive description of the various forms and approaches in the literature of the history …
Hegel and Newtonianism
Inbunden, 1993
3280 kr
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It could certainly be argued that the way in which Hegel criticizes Newton in the Dissertation, the Philosophy of Nature and the lectures on the History of Philosophy, has done more than anything else to prejudice his own reputation. At first sight, what we seem to have here is little more than the …
New (So-Called) Magdeburg Experiments of Otto Von Guericke
Inbunden, 1994
2189 kr
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Otto von Guericke has been called a neglected genius, overlooked by most modern scholars, scientists, and laymen. He wrote his Experimenta Nova in the seventeenth century in Latin, a dead language for the most part inaccessible to contemporary scientists. Thus isolated by the remoteness of his time …
Jewish Christians and Christian Jews
From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
Inbunden, 1993
1098 kr
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The appearance of religious toleration combined with the intensification of the search for theological truth led to a unique phenomenon in early modern Europe: Jewish Christians and Christian Jews. These essays will demonstrate that the cross-fertilization of these two religions, which for so long …
Books of Nature and Scripture
Recent Essays on Natural Philosophy, Theology and Biblical Criticism in the Netherlands of Spinoza’s Time and the British Isles of Newton’s Time
Inbunden, 1994
1098 kr
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Dick Popkin and James Force have attended a number of recent conferences where it was apparent that much new and important research was being done in the fields of interpreting Newton's and Spinoza's contributions as biblical scholars and of the relationship between their biblical scholarship and …
Alchemy and Chemistry in the 16th and 17th Centuries
Av P. Rattansi, Antonio Clericuzio
Inbunden, 1994
1753 kr
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The present volume owes its ongm to a Colloquium on "Alchemy and Chemistry in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries", held at the Warburg Institute on 26th and 27th July 1989. The Colloquium focused on a number of selected themes during a closely defined chronological interval: on the relation of …
Plato in Renaissance England
Av S. Jayne
Inbunden, 1995
1098 kr
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This book offers a radical reappraisal of the reputation of Plato in England between 1423 and 1603. Using many materials not hitherto available, including evidence of book publishing and book ownership, together with a comprehensive survey of allusions to Plato, the author shows that the English …
Leibniz and the Kabbalah
Av A.P. Coudert
Inbunden, 1995
1862 kr
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The general view of scholars is that the Kabbalah had no meaningful influence on Leibniz's thought. } But on the basis of new evidence I am convinced that the question must be reopened. The Kabbalah did influence Leibniz, and a recognition of this will lead to both a better understanding of the …
Eduard Gans and the Hegelian Philosophy of Law
Inbunden, 1995
1008 kr
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Gans ranks at the head of that important group of Hegelian thinkers that bridged the generations of Hegel and Marx. ! Yet there is a large gap between Gans 's historical importance and the scholarship on him. Despite a renewal of interest in Gans's work on the Continent,2 Gans remains almost …
Christianization of Pyrrhonism
Scepticism and Faith in Pascal, Kierkegaard, and Shestov
Inbunden, 1995
1098 kr
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Augustine's christianization of Plato and Thomas Aquinas's of Aristotle provided the two main foundations of medieval Judeo- Christian philosophy. In The Christianization of Pyrrhonism, Jose R. Maia Neto shows that Greek scepticism played a similar role in the development of a major strand of …
Scepticism in the History of Philosophy
A Pan-American Dialogue
Av R.H. Popkin
Inbunden, 1996
1643 kr
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A dialogue between leading Latin American and North American scholars concerned with the history of scepticism from ancient times to present day philosophy. The volume contains discussions by a wide range of philosophers and historians of philosophy. The book should be of great interest to many …
Choosing the Better Part
Anna Maria van Schurman (1607–1678)
Av M.P. de Baar, Machteld Löwensteyn m. fl.
Inbunden, 1995
1098 kr
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Anna Maria van Schurman was in more than one aspect an unconventional woman in her own lifetime. As a gifted scholar in many foreign and ancient languages, as well as in philosophy and theology, she corresponded with other learned men and women all over Europe. She achieved international renown for …
Molyneux’s Problem
Three Centuries of Discussion on the Perception of Forms
Av M. Degenaar
Inbunden, 1996
1098 kr
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Suppose that a congenitally blind person has learned to distinguish and name a sphere and a cube by touch alone. Then imagine that this person suddenly recovers the faculty of sight. Will he be able to distinguish both objects by sight and to say which is the sphere and which the cube? This was the …
Heterodoxy, Spinozism, and Free Thought in Early-Eighteenth-Century Europe
Studies on the Traité des Trois Imposteurs
Av Silvia Berti, Françoise Charles-Daubert m. fl.
Inbunden, 1996
2189 kr
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'the oldest biography of Spinoza', La Vie de Mr. Spinosa, which in the manuscript copies is often followed by L'Esprit de M. Spinosa. Margaret Jacob, in her Radical Enlightenment, contended that the Traite was written by a radical group of Freemasons in The Hague in the early eighteenth century. …
Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit: A Reappraisal
Inbunden, 1997
1098 kr
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This volume consists of a reappraisal of Hegel's "Phenomenology of Spirit" by a number of international Hegel scholars. Key questions and issues are discussed. Among the issues of interpretation which are tackled in this book are Hegel's concept of truth (the focus of Professor H.S. Harris's …
Cambridge Platonists in Philosophical Context
Politics, Metaphysics and Religion
Av G.A. Rogers, J.-M. Vienne m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
1643 kr
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The Cambridge Platonists were defenders of tolerance in the political as well as the moral sphere ; they held that practical j u d g e m e n t came down in the last instance to individual conscience ; and they laid the foundations of our modern conceptions of conscience and liberty. But at the same …
Scepticism in the Enlightenment
Av R.H. Popkin, Ezequiel de Olaso m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
1098 kr
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Starting with Richard Popkin's essay of 1963, `Scepticism in the Enlightenment', a new investigation into philosophical scepticism of the period was launched. The late Giorgio Tonelli and the late Ezequiel de Olaso examined in great detail the kinds of scepticism developed during the Enlightenment, …
Treatise on the Human Mind (1666)
Inbunden, 1997
1098 kr
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Descartes' philosophy represented one of the most explicit statements of mind-body dualism in the history of philosophy. Its most familiar expression is found in the Meditations (1641) and in Part I of The Principles 0/ Philosophy (1644). However neither of these books provided a detailed …
Melancholy Duty
The Hume-Gibbon Attack on Christianity
Av S.P. Foster
Inbunden, 1997
1643 kr
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This book studies the complementary features of the thought of David Hume and Edward Gibbon in the complete range of its confrontation with eighteenth-century Christianity. The ten chapters explore the iconoclasm of these two philosophical historians - Hume as the premier philosopher, Gibbon as the …
Skeptical Tradition Around 1800
Skepticism in Philosophy, Science, and Society
Av J. van der Zande, R.H. Popkin
Inbunden, 1997
1643 kr
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In the early 1980s the late Charles B. Schmitt and I discussed the fact that so much new research and new interpretations were taking place concerning various areas of modem skepticism that we, as pioneers, ought to organize a conference where these new findings and outlooks could be presented and …
Russian Advocate of Peace: Vasilii Malinovskii (1765–1814)
Av P. Ferretti
Inbunden, 1997
2324 kr
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Vasilii Fedorovich Malinovskii (1765-1814) is a name which has hitherto lacked true resonance in the history of Russian culture. Tt is of course a name known to all students of Alexander Pushkin's biography, for Malinovskii was the first Director of the new Tsarskoe Selo Lyceum, if, sadly, for only …
