Platonism at the Origins of Modernity (eBook, PDF)

Studies on Platonism and Early Modern Philosophy
Redaktion: Hedley, Douglas; Hutton, Sarah

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection of essays offers an overview of the range and breadth of Platonic philosophy in the early modern period. It examines philosophers of Platonic tradition, such as Cusanus, Ficino, and Cudworth. The book also addresses the impact of Platonism on major philosophers of the period, especially Descartes, Leibniz, Locke, Shaftesbury and Berkeley.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Netherlands
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781402064074
• Artikelnr.: 37347738

Inhaltsangabe

Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464): Platonism at the Dawn of Modernity.- At Variance: Marsilio Ficino, Platonism and Heresy.- Going Naked into the Shrine: Herbert, Plotinus and the Constructive Metaphor.- Comenius, Light Metaphysics and Educational Reform.- Robert Fludd's Kabbalistic Cosmos.- Reconciling Theory and Fact: The Problem of 'Other Faiths' in Lord Herbert and the Cambridge Platonists.- Trinity, Community and Love: Cudworth's Platonism and the Idea of God.- Chaos and Order in Cudworth's Thought.- Cudworth, Prior and Passmore on the Autonomy of Ethics.- Substituting Aristotle: Platonic Themes in Dutch Cartesianism.- Soul, Body and World: Plato's Timaeus and Descartes' Meditations.- Locke, Plato and Platonism.- Reflections on Locke's Platonism.- The Platonism at the Core of Leibniz's Philosophy.- Leibniz and Berkeley: Platonic Metaphysics and 'The Mechanical Philosophy'.- Which Platonism for Which Modernity? A Note on Shaftesbury's Socratic Sea-Cards.- Platonism, Aesthetics and the Sublime at the Origins of Modernity.

Rezensionen

From the reviews: "The volume has ... papers very much worth reading. Dermot Moran on Nicholas of Cusa introduces renaissance Platonism; Laurent Jaffro on Shaftesbury's melancholic defense of the Ancients against the Moderns and Leslie Armour on Cudworth's conception of divine love and toleration offer genuinely accessible and stimulating papers." (Eric Schliesser, Notre Dome Philosophical Reviews, October, 2008)