Description |
viii, 352 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents |
Locke, Sergeant, and scientific method / Pauline Phemister -- The question of Machiavelli's modernity / A.J. Parel -- Morals and modernity in Descartes / Tom Sorell -- Spinoza the stoic / Susan James -- Hobbes : ancient and modern / M.M. Goldsmith |
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Scepticism and modernity / Richard H. Popkin -- The vitality and importance of early modern Aristotelianism / Christia Mercer -- Francis Bacon, authority, and the moderns / Julian Martin -- Mersenne and modern learning : the debate over music / David Allen Duncan -- 'Torn between two obligations' : the compromise of Thomas White / Beverley Southgate -- Ancients, moderns, and the history of philosophy : Gassendi's Epicurean project / Margaret J. Osler -- A new start? : Cartesian metaphysics and the emergence of modern philosophy / John Cottingham -- Tradition and novelty : Descartes and some Cartesians / Theo Verbeek -- The contagious communication of strong imaginations : history, modernity, and scepticism in the philosophy of Malebranche / Thomas M. Lennon -- Leibniz : modern, scholastic, or Renaissance philosopher? / Stuart Brown |
Analysis |
Philosophy History |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Philosophy, European.
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Philosophy, Modern -- 17th century.
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Philosophy, Modern.
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Author |
Sorell, Tom.
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LC no. |
92024022 |
ISBN |
0198236050 |
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019823953X |
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