Oxford studies in early modern philosophy. Volume VIII

Garber, Daniel, 1949- (editor.). Rutherford, Donald, 1957- (editor.).

Summary: Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy presents selection of the best current work in the history of early modern philosophy. It focuses on the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries--the extraordinary period of intellectual flourishing that begins, very roughly, with Descartes and his contemporaries and ends with Kant.

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ISBN: 0192564587
ISBN: 9780192564580
ISBN: 0191867888
ISBN: 9780191867880
Physical Description: 1 online resource
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Imitation and 'infinite' will -- Descartes on the ethical reliability of the passions : a Morean reading -- Hobbes on the authority of scripture -- Spinoza on turning the other cheek -- Locke's succeeding ideas -- On living mirrors and mites : Leibniz's encounter with Pascal on infinity and living things circa 1696 -- Leibniz's ontology of force -- Leibniz on human finitude, progress, and eternal recurrence : the argument of the 'Apokatastasis' essay drafts and related texts -- Kant, Wolff, and the method of philosophy.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 03, 2019).