Politicized physics in seventeenth century philosophy : essays on Bacon, Descartes, Hobbes, and Spinoza /
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| Author / Creator: | Roecklein, Robert J., 1960- author. |
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| Uniform title: | Essays. Selections |
| Imprint: | Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014] |
| Description: | x, 255 pages ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9965135 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Physics and Politics
- 1. Francis Bacon's Uncharitable Charity: The Birth of a New Rationality
- 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: Just the Facts
- Bibliography
- Index
