The Good Life in the Scientific Revolution
Descartes, Pascal, Leibniz, and the Cultivation of Virtue
Amid the unrest, dislocation, and uncertainty of seventeenth-century Europe, readers seeking consolation and assurance turned to philosophical and scientific books that offered ways of conquering fears and training the mind--guidance for living a good life. The Good Life in the Scientific Revolution presents a triptych showing how three key early modern scientists, Rene Descartes, Blaise Pascal, and Gottfried Leibniz, envisioned their new work as useful for cultivating virtue and for pursuing a good life. Their scientific and philosophical innovations stemmed in part from their understanding of mathematics and science as cognitive and spiritu…
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- ISBN: 978-0-226-40955-9
- EAN: 9780226409559
- Produktnummer: 2429709
- Verlag: The University of Chicago Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 336 S.
- Masse: H23.2 cm x B16.8 cm x D2.4 cm 652 g
- Auflage: New ed
- Gewicht: 652
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
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