Platonism at the origins of modernity studies on Platonism and early modern philosophy /
This collection of essays offers an overview of the range and breadth of Platonic philosophy in the early modern period, examining both the philosophers of Platonic tradition (e.g. Cusanus, Ficino, and Cudworth), and the impact of Platonism on major philosophers of the period (especially Descartes,...
| Other Authors: | Hedley, Douglas., Hutton, Sarah, 1948-, SpringerLink (Online Service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English German |
| Published: |
Dordrecht, the Netherlands :
Springer,
2008.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (285 pages) : 1 illustration. |
| Series: |
Archives internationales d'histoire des idées ;
196. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Sarah Hutton
- Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464): Platonism at the dawn of modernity / Dermot Moran
- At variance: Marsilio Ficino, Platonism and heresy / Michael J.B. Allen
- Going naked into the shrine: Herbert, Plotinus and the constructive metaphor / Stephen R.L. Clark
- Comenius, light metaphysics and educational reform / Jan Rohls (translated by Alexandra Wörn and David Leech)
- Robert Fludd's Kabbalistic cosmos / Wilhelm Schmidt-Biggemann (translated by Geoff Dumbreck and Douglas Hedley)
- Reconciling theory and fact: the problem of "other faiths" in Lord Herbert and the Cambridge Platonists / David Pailin
- Trinity, community and love: Cudworth's Platonism and the idea of God / Leslie Armour
- Chaos and order in Cudworth's thought / Jean-Louis Breteau
- Cudworth, Prior and Passmore on the autonomy of ethics / Robin Attfield
- Substituting Aristotle: Platonic themes in Dutch Cartesianism / Han van Ruler
- Soul, body and world: Plato's Timaeus and Descartes' Meditations / Catherine Wilson
- Locke, Plato and Platonism / G.A.J. Rogers
- Reflections on Locke's Platonism / Victor Nuovo
- The Platonism at the core of Leibniz's philosophy / Christia Mercer
- Leibniz and Berkeley: Platonic metaphysics and "The Mechanical Philosophy" / Stuart Brown
- Which Platonism for which modernity? a note on Shaftesbury's Socratic sea-cards / Laurent Jaffro
- Platonism, aesthetics and the sublime at the origins of modernity / Douglas Hedley.