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Politicized physics in seventeenth century philosophy : essays on Bacon, Descartes, Hobbes, and Spinoza / Robert J. Roecklein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roecklein, Robert J., 1960- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science--Philosophy--History--17th century.
- Political science.
- Physics--History--17th century.
- Physics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (267 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland ; Plymouth, England : Lexington Books, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book examines the role that natural philosophy (that is, doctrines of physics) plays in the emergence of Early Modern political thought. Robert J. Roecklein argues that the natural philosophy of Early Modernity, especially its indictment of sense perception, constitutes a major political foundation for the more concrete doctrines of political science developed by Bacon, Descartes, Hobbes, and Spinoza.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Francis Bacon's Uncharitable Charity; 2 Descartes and the Science of Authority; 3 Hobbes's Natural Science; 4 Hobbes's 'Right of Nature' and the Politics of Agony; 5 On Spinoza's 'Substance' or 'Nature'; Early Modern Philosophy; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-7391-8854-2
- OCLC:
- 874029242
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