ISBN10: 9024701791, ISBN13: 9789024701797, [publisher: Springer] Hardcover First Edition Preface by Richard H, Popkin. Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff,1970. 2nd ed. Orig. cloth binding. Dustjacket. xviii,159 pp. Index. (International Archives in the History of Ideas, 3). - The revival of ancient Greek scepticism in the 16th and 17th centuries was of the greatest importance in changing the intellectual climate in which modern science developed, and in developing the attitude that we now call : The scientific outlook . Many streams of thought came together contributing to various facets of this crucial development. One of the most fascinating of these is that of constructive scepticism , the history of one of whose forms is traced in this study by Prof. Van Leeuwen. The sceptical crisis that arose during the Renaissance and Reformation challenged the fundamental principles of the many areas of man's intellectual world, in philosophy, theology, humane and moral studies, and the sciences. The devastating weapons of classical scep ticism were employed to undermine man's confidence in his ability to discover truth in any area whatsoever by use of the human faculties of the senses and reason. These sceptics indicated that there was no area in which human beings could gain any certain knowledge, and that the effort to do so was fruitless, vain, presumptuous, and perhaps even blasphemous. Starting with the writings of Henricus Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim ...

Dordrecht Springer 1970 2nd ed. Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 159 p. International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives Inte, 3.

ISBN10: 9024701791, ISBN13: 9789024701797, [publisher: Springer Netherlands] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The revival of ancient Greek scepticism in the 16th and 17th centuries was of the greatest importance in changing the intellectual climate in which modern science developed, and in developing the attitude that we now call 'The scientific outlook'. Many streams of thought came together contributing to various facets of this crucial development. One of the most fascinating of these is that of 'constructive scepticism', the history of one of whose forms is traced in this study by Prof. Van Leeuwen. The sceptical crisis that arose during the Renaissance and Refor mation challenged the fundamental principles of the many areas of man's intellectual world, in philosophy, theology, humane and moral studies, and the sciences. The devastating weapons of classical scep ticism were employed to undermine man's confidence in his ability to discover truth in any area whatsoever by use of the human faculties of the senses and reason. These sceptics indicated that there was no area in which human beings could gain any certain knowledge, and that the effort to do so was fruitless, vain, presumptuous, and perhaps even blasphemous. StaI'ting with the writings of Hen ric us Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (1486-1535) and Michel de Montaigne (1533-92), a thoroughly destructive sceptical movement developed, ...
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ISBN10: 9024701791, ISBN13: 9789024701797, [publisher: Springer Netherlands] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The revival of ancient Greek scepticism in the 16th and 17th centuries was of the greatest importance in changing the intellectual climate in which modern science developed, and in developing the attitude that we now call 'The scientific outlook'. Many streams of thought came together contributing to various facets of this crucial development. One of the most fascinating of these is that of 'constructive scepticism', the history of one of whose forms is traced in this study by Prof. Van Leeuwen. The sceptical crisis that arose during the Renaissance and Refor mation challenged the fundamental principles of the many areas of man's intellectual world, in philosophy, theology, humane and moral studies, and the sciences. The devastating weapons of classical scep ticism were employed to undermine man's confidence in his ability to discover truth in any area whatsoever by use of the human faculties of the senses and reason. These sceptics indicated that there was no area in which human beings could gain any certain knowledge, and that the effort to do so was fruitless, vain, presumptuous, and perhaps even blasphemous. StaI'ting with the writings of Hen ric us Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (1486-1535) and Michel de Montaigne (1533-92), a thoroughly destructive sceptical movement developed, ...
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