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

Author:: Roecklein, Robert J., 1960-
Uniform Title:: Essays. Selections
Published:: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014]
Physical Description:: x, 255 pages ; 24 cm

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Contents:

Introduction: physics and politics -- Francis 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.

Subject(s):

Political science—Philosophy—History—17th century
Physics—History—17th century

ISBN:

9780739188538 (cloth : alk. paper)
0739188534 (cloth : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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