Time and the science of the soul in the early modern philosophy /
For many early modern philosophers, particularly those influenced by Aristotle's 'Physics' and 'De anima', time had an intimate connection to the human rational soul. This connection had wide-ranging implications for metaphysics, natural philosophy and politics: at its heart...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden :
Koninklijke Brill NV,
2013
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| Series: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
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| Summary: | For many early modern philosophers, particularly those influenced by Aristotle's 'Physics' and 'De anima', time had an intimate connection to the human rational soul. This connection had wide-ranging implications for metaphysics, natural philosophy and politics: at its heart was the assumption that man was not only a rational, but also a temporal, animal. In 'Time and the Science of the Soul in Early Modern Philosophy', Michael Edwards traces this connection from late Aristotelian commentaries and philosophical textbooks to the natural and political philosophy of two of the best-known 'new philosophers' of the seventeenth century, Thomas Hobbes and René Descartes. The book demonstrates both time's importance as a philosophical problem, and the intellectual fertility and continued relevance of Aristotelian philosophy into the seventeenth century. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004232334 9004232338 129997581X 9781299975811 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
