Renaissance and early modern philosophy / editors, Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein; consulting editor, Bruce Silver.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

French, Peter A.

Wettstein, Howard K.

Silver, Bruce S.

Series:

Midwest studies in philosophy ; v. 26.

Midwest studies in philosophy ; v. 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Modern--17th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Philosophy, Renaissance.

Physical Description:

vi, 306 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., [2002]

Contents:

"Always to do ladies, damosels, and gentlewomen succour": women and the chivalric code in Malory's "Morte Darthur" / Felicia Ackerman

Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464): first modern philosopher? / Jasper Hopkins

Marsilio Ficino on "Significatio" / Michael J.B. Allen

Pomponazzi: moral virtue in a deterministic universe / John L. Treloar

The secret of Pico's "Oration": Cabala and renaissance / Brian P. Copenhaver

Between republic and monarchy? Liberty, security, and the Kingdom of France in Machiavelli / Cary Nederman and Tatiana V. Goḿez

Montaigne, "An apology for Raymond Sebond": happiness and the poverty of reason / Bruce Silver

The natural philosophy of Giordano Bruno / Hilary Gatti

Francis Bacon ahd the humanistic aspects of modernity / Rose-Mary Sargent

Hobbes's atheism / Douglas M. Jesseph

New wine in old bottles: Gassendi and the Aristotelian origin of physics / Margaret J. Oster

Descartes. mechanics and the mechanical philosophy / Daniel Garber

"Presence" and "Likeness" in Arnauld's critique of Malebranche / Nancy Kendrick

Pascal's wagers / Jeff Jordan

Eternity and immortality in Spinoza's "Ethics" / Steven Nadler

Occasionalism and efficacious laws in Malebranche / Micholas Jolley

What kind of a skeptic was Bayle? / Thomas M. Lennon

From Locke's "Letter" to Montesquieu's "Lettres" / Edwin Curley.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0631233814

0631233822

OCLC:

50678009