ISBN10: 0198749570, ISBN13: 9780198749578, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford.] Hardcover XIV, 275 p., 24 cm, tela editoriale, sovr.
[Trento, Italy] [Publication Year: 2016]
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Oxford,, Date: 2016. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Near fine. In near fine dust jacket. . 8vo. pp xiv, [ii], 275. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Publisher's black buckram lettered in gilt at spine. ISBN: 9780198749578 2016. ISBN 0198749570 9780198749578 [GB]

Oxford Oxford University Press 2016 Hard cover New. Oxford History of Philosophy . Intended for college/higher education audience.

ISBN10: 0198749570, ISBN13: 9780198749578, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover
[Columbia, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2016]
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ISBN10: 0198749570, ISBN13: 9780198749578, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover Hardcover. Desmond M. Clarke presents a thematic history of French philosophy from the middle of the sixteenth century to the beginning of Louis XIV's reign. While the traditional philosophy of the schools was taught throughout this period by authors who have faded into permanent obscurity, a whole generation of writers who were not professional philosophers--some of whom never even attended a school or college--addressed issues that were prominent in French public life.Clarke explores such topics as the novel political theory espoused by monarchomachs, such as Beze and Hotman, against Bodin's account of absolute sovereignty; the scepticism of Montaigne, Charron, andSanches; the ethical discussions of Du Vair, Gassendi, and Pascal; innovations in natural philosophy that were inspired by Mersenne and Descartes and implemened by members of the Academie royale des sciences; theories of the human mind from Jean de Silhon to Cureau de la Chambre and Descartes; and the novel arguments in support of women's education and equality that were launched by De Gournay, Du Bosc, Van Schurman and Poulain de la Barre. The writers involved were lawyers, politicalleaders, theologians, and independent scholars and they acknowledged, almost unanimously, the authority of the Bible as a source of knowledge that was claimed to be more reliable than the fragile powers ofhuman unde ...
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ISBN10: 0198749570, ISBN13: 9780198749578, [publisher: Oxford Univ Pr] Hardcover 275 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2016]

ISBN10: 0198749570, ISBN13: 9780198749578, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover
[Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2016]
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