The Soft Underbelly of Reason

The Passions in the Seventeenth Century

Buch | Softcover

180 Seiten

2011
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-51504-7 (ISBN)

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Each of the essays in this collection, written by the most respected academics in their fields, provides both an insightful and valuable understanding on the different views of the passions in the Seventeenth Century.

This book provides a valuable understanding on the different views of the passions in the Seventeenth Century. The contributors show that fundamental questions about the nature of wisdom, goodness and beauty were understood in terms of the contrast between reason and passions in this era. Those with an interest in philosophy , the history of medicene, and women's studies will find this collection a fascinating read.

Reader in Philosophy at the University of Sydney, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities. He has written several books, including Descartes: An Intellectual Biography, Cartesian Logic, and Arnauld: On True and False Ideas.

Introduction , Stephen Gaukroger; Part I The nature of the passions; Chapter 1 Explaining the passions, Susan James; Chapter 2 Rationalizing the passions, Genevieve Lloyd; Part II The symbolism of the passions; Chapter 3 Reading the passions, Peter Harrison; Chapter 4 Painting the passions, Christopher Allen; Part III The physiology of the passions; Chapter 5 Controlling the passions, John Sutton; Chapter 6 Restraining the passions, Jamie C. Kassler;

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.11.2011
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	330 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie des Mittelalters
ISBN-10	0-415-51504-1 / 0415515041
ISBN-13	978-0-415-51504-7 / 9780415515047
Zustand	Neuware