Politicized physics in seventeenth-century philosophy : essays on Bacon, Descartes, Hobbes, and Spinoza / Robert J. Roecklein

Englisch

Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; Toronto ; Plymouth, UK : Lexington Books, [2014]

x, 255 Seiten ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-0-7391-8853-8 : (cloth : alk. paper)

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-0-7391-8854-5 (Fernzugriff) : (electronics)

Introduction: physics and politicsFrancis Bacon's uncharitable charity : the birth of a new rationality -- Descartes and the science of authority -- Hobbes's natural science -- Hobbes's "right of nature" and the politics of agony -- On Spinoza's "substance" or "God" -- Conclusion: early modern philosophy, just the facts.

*Bacon, Francis *1561-1626* / Descartes, René *1596-1650* / Hobbes, Thomas *1588-1679* / Spinoza, Benedictus de *1632-1677* / Physik / Philosophie

*Bacon, Francis *1561-1626* / Naturphilosophie

*Descartes, René *1596-1650* / Naturphilosophie

*Hobbes, Thomas *1588-1679* / Naturphilosophie

*Spinoza, Benedictus de *1632-1677* / Naturphilosophie

*Political science -- Philosophy -- History -- 17th century ; Physics -- History -- 17th century ; Political science / Philosophy / History / 17th century -- Physics / History / 17th century

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: JA80

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 320.01

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: CF 1250: CA-CK Philosophie / CD-CK Geschichte der Philosophie / Abhandlungen

This book examines the role that natural philosophy (that is, doctrines of physics) plays in the emergence of Early Modern political thought. Robert J. Roecklein argues that the natural philosophy of Early Modernity, especially its indictment of sense perception, constitutes a major political foundation for the more concrete doctrines of political science developed by Bacon, Descartes, Hobbes, and Spinoza.

Potsdamer Straße