Platonism at the origins of modernity : studies on Platonism and early modern philosophy / edited by Douglas Hedley and Sarah Hutton.

Other author Hedley, Douglas.
Other author Hutton, Sarah, 1948-
Format Book
Publication InfoDordrecht, The Netherlands : Springer, 2008.
Description285 pages : 1 illustration ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesArchives internationales d'histoire des idées = International archives of the history of ideas ; 196
Archives internationales d'histoire des idées 196. ^A494673
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 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LanguageTwo of the essays were translated from the German.
ISBN1402064063
ISBN9781402064067 (HB)
ISBN9781402064074 (e-book)
ISBN1402064071 (e-book)

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Joyner General Stacks B517 .P55 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold