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The world as active power : studies in the history of European reason /

This collection of essays discusses a central feature of European philosophy: the idea of a universal active power as the ultimate world-explanation. The development of this idea is traced from Plato onwards, as it traverses through Stoicism, Neoplatonism, medieval scholasticism, and modern rational...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Pietarinen, Juhani, Viljanen, Valtteri
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Colección:Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 180.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This collection of essays discusses a central feature of European philosophy: the idea of a universal active power as the ultimate world-explanation. The development of this idea is traced from Plato onwards, as it traverses through Stoicism, Neoplatonism, medieval scholasticism, and modern rationalism to Hegel and Schopenhauer.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 350 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789047430568
9047430565
9004177124
9789004177123
1282603272
9781282603271
9786612603273
6612603275
ISSN:0920-8607 ;