Arthur Lovejoy

The Great Chain of Being

A Study of the History of an Idea

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Produktbeschreibung

This is arguably the seminal work in historical and philosophical analysis of the twentieth century

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 151mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 606g
• ISBN-13: 9781412810265
• ISBN-10: 1412810264
• Artikelnr.: 25868879

Autorenporträt

Arthur Lovejoy

Inhaltsangabe

I: Introduction the Study of the History of Ideas
II: The Genesis of the Idea in Greek Philosophy
III: The Chain of Being and Some Internal Conflicts in Medieval Thought
IV: The Principle of Plenitude and the New Cosmography
V: Plenitude and Sufficient Reason in Leibniz and Spinoza
VI: The Chain of Being in Eighteenth-Century Thought, and Man's Place and Role in Nature
VII: The Principle of Plenitude and Eighteenth-Century Optimism
VIII: The Chain of Being and Some Aspects of Eighteenth-Century Biology
IX: The Temporalizing of the Chain of Being
X: Romanticism and The Principle of Plenitude
XI: The Outcome of The History and Its Moral