The Philosopher in Early Modern Europe

The Nature of a Contested Identity
Herausgeber: Condren, Conal; Hunter, Ian; Gaukroger, Stephen

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection of essays provides access to key early modern disputes over what it meant to be a philosopher.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 496g
• ISBN-13: 9780521123891
• ISBN-10: 0521123895
• Artikelnr.: 27276555

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The persona of the natural philosopher Stephen Gaukroger
2. The university philosopher in early modern Germany Ian Hunter
3. The persona of the philosopher and the rhetorics of office in early modern England Conal Condren
4. From Sir Thomas More to Robert Burton: the laughing philosopher in the early modern period Catherine Curtis
5. 'Vaine philosophy': Thomas Hobbes and the philosophy of the Schools Richard Serjeantson
6. The judicial persona in historical context: the case of Matthew Hale David Saunders
7. Persona and office: Althusius on the formation of magistrates and councillors Robert von Friedeburg
8. Descartes as sage: spiritual askesis in Cartesian philosophy John Cottingham
9. The natural philosopher and the virtues Peter Harrison
10. Fictions of a feminine philosophical persona: Christine de Pizan, Margaret Cavendish, and philosophia lost Karen Green and Jacqueline Broad
11. John Locke and polite philosophy Richard Yeo.