The Good Life in the Scientific Revolution : Descartes, Pascal, Leibniz, and the Cultivation of Virtue /

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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...

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Autor principal: Jones, Matthew L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2008]
Temas:
SCIENCE / General.
virtue, leibniz, pascal, descartes, philosophy, scientific revolution, consolation, purpose, suffering, meaning, morality, ethics, assurance, comfort, science, religion, faith, spirituality, cognition, personal growth, mathematics, discipline, nobility, calculus, arithmetical triangle, geometry, moral therapeutics, history, disproportion, truth, expression, nonfiction.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • A Note on Conventions
  • Introduction
  • PART I. Descartes
  • PA RT II. Pascal
  • PA RT III. Leibniz
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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