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Book SynopsisThis new and complete translation of Spinoza's famous 17th-century work fills an important gap, not only for all scholars of Spinoza, but also for everyone interested in the relationship between Western philosophy and religion, and the history of biblical exegesis. The existing Elwes translation of 1883 has long been regarded as insufficient by Spinoza scholars for its misleading rendering of the Latin and its many omissions. Samuel Shirley, well-known for his excellent best-selling translation of Spinoza's Ethics, now presents this new, complete translation of Spinoza's Tractatus Theologico-Politicus in lucid English, which meets the highest standards of modern critical scholarship. The book includes an Index of Subjects and a detailed Index of Biblical References as well as an Introduction by Brad Gregory, which sets Spinoza squarely in the context of his time and intellectual tradition.

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Book SynopsisThis monograph deals with the philosophical approach of thirteenth-century masters to concrete, practical manifestations of 'quantum ad naturalia' in human lives in their commentaries on Aristotle’s works on natural philosophy, both his genuine works and those then considered genuine. It inquires into what they deemed worthy of philosophical debate regarding this topic and how they tackled it. The first of the two volumes describes the cultural surroundings, the scholars’ way of approaching the topic, and their discourses on the peculiarity (singularity, unity, consistency) of humankind and on its internal differentiation according to gender, stage of life, social stratification, and differences due to ethnic status or geographic (climatic) diversity. This is the first comprehensive source-based study of the subject; it draws heavily on unedited texts.Table of ContentsVorwort Vorbemerkung I. Der Gegenstand, seine Eingrenzung und seine Behandlung in der Forschung II. Das Interesse an den konkreten Ausprägungsweisen des Menschlichen im geistigen Umfeld der Epoche 1. Die von allseitigem Interesse getragene Zuwendung zu den Natursachverhalten 2. Die Gewichtung von Einzelsachverhalten, Beobachtung und Erfahrung 3. Auswirkungen der neuen Perspektiven und weiterer Anstöße auf die philosophische Befassung mit dem Menschen III. Ansatzstruktur der naturphilosophischen Betrachtung des spezifisch Menschlichen 1. Die hauptsächlichen Fragenkomplexe 2. Die Artikulierung der Merkmale des spezifisch Menschlichen IV. Das methodische Instrumentarium und sein Einsatz 1. Das Paradigma des Tiervergleichs 2. Kollaterale Vergleiche 3. Empirisch-apriorische Argumentationsweise V. Die Einzigkeit und Geschlossenheit der menschlichen Spezies 1. Die Frage nach der Einzigkeit der Spezies Mensch und der Vielfalt der Tierarten 2. Die Frage nach der Einheit und Geschlossenheit der menschlichen Spezies VI. Die Binnendifferenzierung der menschlichen Spezies 1. Die Binnendifferenzierung nach Geschlechtern 2. Die Binnendifferenzierung nach Altersstufen 3. Die Binnendifferenzierung nach sozialer Schichtung 4. Ethnische und geographisch-klimatisch bedingte Binnendifferenzierungen VII. Vorläufiges Zwischenergebnis und Ausblick Quellen und Literatur A. Ungedruckte Quellen B. Edierte Quellen C. Literatur Handschriftenregister Personenregister A. Antike und Mittelalter B. Neuzeit Sachregister

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Book SynopsisHans Jonas (1903-1993) was one of the most creative and original Jewish thinkers of the twentieth-century. This volume offers a retrospective of Jonas's life and works by bringing together historians of modern Germany, Judaica scholars, philosophers, bioethicists, and environmentalists to reflect on the meaning of his legacy today. From a historian of religions, who wrote a path-breaking monograph on Gnosticism, Jonas turned to the philosophy of nature, extending his existential philosophy and phenomenological analysis to include all forms of life. Unique among twentieth-century Jewish philosophers, Jonas argued for the possibility of a genuinely symbiotic relationship between humanity and nature, which he believed had been suppressed by modern technology. Jonas spoke against the human domination of nature on the basis of Jewish sources, especially the Bible and Lurianic Kabbalah, and he was among the first to define the ethical challenges that modern technology poses to humanity.Table of ContentsCONTENTS Preface Understanding Jonas: An Interdisciplinary Project Hava Tirosh-Samuelson Introduction Ethics after Auschwitz: Hans Jonas’s Notion of Responsibility in a Technological Age Richard Wolin PART ONE: A GERMAN-JEWISH INTELLECTUAL Chapter One Hans Jonas’s Position in the History of German Philosophy Vittorio Hösle Chapter Two Hans Jonas in Marburg, 1928 Steven M. Wasserstrom Chapter Three Ressentiment—A Few Motifs in Hans Jonas’s Early Book on Gnosticism Micha Brumlik Chapter Four Hans Jonas and Research on Gnosticism from a Contemporary Perspective Kurt Rudolph Chapter Five Pauline Theology in the Weimar Republic: Hans Jonas, Karl Barth, and Martin Heidegger Benjamin Lazier Chapter Six Despair and Responsibility: Affinities and Differences in the Thought of Hans Jonas and Günther Anders Konrad Paul Liessmann Chapter Seven Ernst Bloch’s Prinzip Hoffnung and Hans Jonas’s Prinzip Verantwortung Michael Löwy Chapter Eight Zionism, the Holocaust, and Judaism in a Secular World: New Perspectives on Hans Jonas’s Friendship with Gershom Scholem and Hannah Arendt Christian Wiese Chapter Nine The Immediacy of Encounter and the Dangers of Dichotomy: Buber, Levinas, and Jonas on Responsibility Micha H. Werner Chapter Ten Hans Jonas and Secular Religiosity Ron Margolin PART TWO: THE PHENOMENON OF LIFE AND THE THREAT OF EXTINCTION: THEORETICAL BIOLOGY, BIOETHICS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY Chapter Eleven Hans Jonas and Ernst Mayr: On Organic Life and Human Responsibility Strachan Donnelley Chapter Twelve Natural-Law Judaism?: The Genesis of Bioethics in Hans Jonas, Leo Strauss, and Leon Kass Lawrence Vogel Chapter Thirteen Cloning and Corporeality Bernard G. Prusak Chapter Fourteen Reason and Feeling in Hans Jonas’s Existential Biology, Arne Naess’s Deep Ecology, and Spinoza’s Ethics Martin D. Yaffe Chapter Fifteen Caretaker or Citizen: Hans Jonas, Aldo Leopold, and the Development of Jewish Environmental Ethics Lawrence Troster Chapter Sixteen Jonas, Whitehead, and the Problem of Power Sandra B. Lubarsky Chapter Seventeen “God’s Adventure with the World” and “Sanctity of Life”: Theological Speculations and Ethical Reflections in Jonas’s Philosophy after Auschwitz Christian Wiese Chapter Eighteen Infants, Paternalism, and Bioethics: Japan’s Grasp of Jonas’s Insistence on Intergenerational Responsibility William R. LaFleur PART THREE: RESPONSES AND REFLECTIONS Chapter Nineteen Reflections on the Place of Gnosticism and Ethics in the Thought of Hans Jonas Kalman P. Bland Chapter Twenty On Making Persons: Philosophy of Nature and Ethics Frederick Ferré Chapter Twenty-One Philosophical Biology and Environmentalism Carl Mitcham Chapter Twenty-Two More on Jonas and Process Philosophy Robert Cummings Neville Hans Jonas: Life and Works Christian Wiese

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Book SynopsisBased on several years of research on Jewish intellectual life in the Renaissance, this book tries to distinguish the coordinates of “modernity” as premises of Jewish philosophy, and vice versa. In the first part, it is concerned with the foundations of Jewish philosophy, its nature as philosophical science and as wisdom. The second part is devoted to certain elements and challenges of the humanist and Renaissance period as reflected in Judaism: historical consciousness and the sciences, utopian tradition, the legal status of the Jews in Christian political tradition and in Jewish political thought, aesthetic concepts of the body and conversion.Table of ContentsCONTENTS Introduction In Search of a Jewish Renaissance Chapter One Jewish Philosophy: Humanist Roots of a Contradiction in Terms Chapter Two The Prophetic-Poetic Dimension of Philosophy: The Ars Poetica and Immanuel of Rome Chapter Three Leone Ebreo’s Concept of Jewish Philosophy Chapter Four Conceptions of History: Azariah de’ Rossi Chapter Five Scientific Thought and the Exegetical Mind, with an Essay on the Life and Works of Rabbi Judah Loew Chapter Six Mathematical and Biblical Exegesis: Jewish Sources of Athanasius Kircher’s Musical Theory Chapter Seven Creating Geographical and Political Utopias: The Ten Lost Tribes and the East Chapter Eight Ceremonial Law: History of a Philosophical-Political Concept Chapter Nine The City and the Ghetto: Simone Luzzatto and the Development of Jewish Political Thought Chapter Ten Body of Conversion and Immortality of the Soul: Sara Copio Sullam, the “Beautiful Jewess”

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Book SynopsisAristotle’s De anima shaped philosophical debates far beyond the Middle Ages and gave rise to a number of theories about the nature of the soul, its various functions and its relation to the body. The ten contributions to this book, a special issue of the journal Vivarium, examine some of these theories in the period between Albertus Magnus and Descartes. They pay particular attention to the question of how the metaphysical status of the soul and its parts was explained, and analyze Aristotelian accounts of cognitive activities such as perceiving, imagining and thinking. The ten case studies focus both on defenders of the Aristotelian paradigm and on its critics, arguing that one should not look for a moment of break with Aristotelianism, but for various stages of transformation. Contributors are Lilli Alanen, Joel Biard, Jean-Baptiste Brenet, Richard Cross, Dag Hasse, Peter King, Ian Mclean, Martin Lenz, Lodi Nauta, Dominik Perler and Markus Wild.

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Book SynopsisHans Jonas (1903-1993) was one of the most creative and original Jewish thinkers of the twentieth-century. This volume offers a retrospective of Jonas's life and works by bringing together historians of modern Germany, Judaica scholars, philosophers, bioethicists, and environmentalists to reflect on the meaning of his legacy today. From a historian of religions, who wrote a path-breaking monograph on Gnosticism, Jonas turned to the philosophy of nature, extending his existential philosophy and phenomenological analysis to include all forms of life. Unique among twentieth-century Jewish philosophers, Jonas argued for the possibility of a genuinely symbiotic relationship between humanity and nature, which he believed had been suppressed by modern technology. Jonas spoke against the human domination of nature on the basis of Jewish sources, especially the Bible and Lurianic Kabbalah, and he was among the first to define the ethical challenges that modern technology poses to humanity.Table of ContentsCONTENTS Preface Understanding Jonas: An Interdisciplinary Project Hava Tirosh-Samuelson Introduction Ethics after Auschwitz: Hans Jonas’s Notion of Responsibility in a Technological Age Richard Wolin PART ONE: A GERMAN-JEWISH INTELLECTUAL Chapter One Hans Jonas’s Position in the History of German Philosophy Vittorio Hösle Chapter Two Hans Jonas in Marburg, 1928 Steven M. Wasserstrom Chapter Three Ressentiment—A Few Motifs in Hans Jonas’s Early Book on Gnosticism Micha Brumlik Chapter Four Hans Jonas and Research on Gnosticism from a Contemporary Perspective Kurt Rudolph Chapter Five Pauline Theology in the Weimar Republic: Hans Jonas, Karl Barth, and Martin Heidegger Benjamin Lazier Chapter Six Despair and Responsibility: Affinities and Differences in the Thought of Hans Jonas and Günther Anders Konrad Paul Liessmann Chapter Seven Ernst Bloch’s Prinzip Hoffnung and Hans Jonas’s Prinzip Verantwortung Michael Löwy Chapter Eight Zionism, the Holocaust, and Judaism in a Secular World: New Perspectives on Hans Jonas’s Friendship with Gershom Scholem and Hannah Arendt Christian Wiese Chapter Nine The Immediacy of Encounter and the Dangers of Dichotomy: Buber, Levinas, and Jonas on Responsibility Micha H. Werner Chapter Ten Hans Jonas and Secular Religiosity Ron Margolin PART TWO: THE PHENOMENON OF LIFE AND THE THREAT OF EXTINCTION: THEORETICAL BIOLOGY, BIOETHICS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY Chapter Eleven Hans Jonas and Ernst Mayr: On Organic Life and Human Responsibility Strachan Donnelley Chapter Twelve Natural-Law Judaism?: The Genesis of Bioethics in Hans Jonas, Leo Strauss, and Leon Kass Lawrence Vogel Chapter Thirteen Cloning and Corporeality Bernard G. Prusak Chapter Fourteen Reason and Feeling in Hans Jonas’s Existential Biology, Arne Naess’s Deep Ecology, and Spinoza’s Ethics Martin D. Yaffe Chapter Fifteen Caretaker or Citizen: Hans Jonas, Aldo Leopold, and the Development of Jewish Environmental Ethics Lawrence Troster Chapter Sixteen Jonas, Whitehead, and the Problem of Power Sandra B. Lubarsky Chapter Seventeen “God’s Adventure with the World” and “Sanctity of Life”: Theological Speculations and Ethical Reflections in Jonas’s Philosophy after Auschwitz Christian Wiese Chapter Eighteen Infants, Paternalism, and Bioethics: Japan’s Grasp of Jonas’s Insistence on Intergenerational Responsibility William R. LaFleur PART THREE: RESPONSES AND REFLECTIONS Chapter Nineteen Reflections on the Place of Gnosticism and Ethics in the Thought of Hans Jonas Kalman P. Bland Chapter Twenty On Making Persons: Philosophy of Nature and Ethics Frederick Ferré Chapter Twenty-One Philosophical Biology and Environmentalism Carl Mitcham Chapter Twenty-Two More on Jonas and Process Philosophy Robert Cummings Neville Hans Jonas: Life and Works Christian Wiese

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Book SynopsisIn Pride, Manners, and Morals: Bernard Mandeville’s Anatomy of Honour Andrea Branchi offers a reading of the Anglo-Dutch physician and thinker’s philosophical project from the hitherto neglected perspective of his lifelong interest in the theme of honour. Through an examination of Mandeville’s anatomy of early eighteenth-century beliefs, practices and manners in terms of motivating passions, the book traces the development of his thought on human nature and the origin of sociability. By making honour and its roots in the desire for recognition the central thread of Mandeville’s theory of society, Andrea Branchi offers a unified reading of his work and highlights his relevance as a thinker far beyond the moral problem of commercial societies, opening up new perspectives in Mandeville’s studies.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction  1 Chastity and Courage  2 Bernard Mandeville’s Anatomy of Honour Prologue: Rotterdam, Leyden and London  1 Mandeville’s Continental Background 1 Mandeville’s Female Voices  1 The Century of Sex  2 The Virgin Unmask’d  3 Female Education. “What Girls Should Do with Latin?” 2 The Oxford Gentleman and Philopirio  1 Living Dead and Public Benefactors  2 The Duel of Honour  3 Medicine and Philosophy: The Hypp’d Nation 3 The Political Offspring of Pride  1 Powerful Persuasions  2 Men of Fashion, Bullies in Morality  3 Natural and Artificial Courage 3 Politeness and Virtue  1 Mandeville’s Rise to Fame  2 Hypocrisy and Self-deception  3 The Ticklish Foundation of Female Virtue 4 Cleomenes and Horatio  1 Portrait of a Complete Gentleman  2 Self-liking and the Origin of Politeness  3 A Conjectural History of Sociability 6 Modern Honour and the Cult of the Self  1 Martial Virtue  2 The History of Pride  3 Mandeville’s Challenge Conclusions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAcademic condemnation has long been recognized as an important issue in the history of universities and the history of medieval thought. Yet few studies have examined the phenomenon in serious detail. This work is the first book-length study of academic condemnations at Oxford. It explores every known case in detail, including several never examined before, and then considers the practice of condemnation as a whole. As such, it provides a context to see John Wyclif and the Oxford Lollards not as unique figures, but as targets of a practice a century old by 1377. It argues that condemnation did not happen purely for reasons of theological purity, but reflected social and institutional pressures within the university.Trade Review"...Andrew E. Larsen’s study is an excellent historical and doctrinal analysis of accusations of heresy leveled against various academicians related to the University of Oxford during the period in question.The author has carefully designated the parameters of his study so as to limit its scope and purview..." Girard J. Etzkorn, The Catholic Historical Review, July 2013Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ...ix Abbreviations ...xi 1. Introduction ...1 The Purpose of This Book ... 1 Concepts of Heresy ... 5 Pertinacity and Condemnation ...10 The Problem of Terminology ...12 The Process of Academic Condemnation at Paris ...14 The Treatment of Heresy outside the University...18 2. The Condemnation of 1277 ...25 Robert Kilwardby and the Background to the Condemnation of 1277 ...26 Kilwardby’s Involvement ...31 The Condemnation Itself ...38 Conclusions ...40 3. The Condemnation of 1284 and the Condemnation of Richard Knapwell ...42 The Main Players ...42 The War of the Corrections ...45 The Condemnation of 1284 ...46 The Condemnation Itself ...48 The Case of Richard Knapwell ...57 4. The Condemnation of 1315 ...64 Oxford in the Early Fourteenth Century ...64 The Record of the Condemnation ...67 The Scholar Involved ...68 The Condemnation Process ...71 The Later History of the Propositions ...73 5. The Investigation into William of Ockham ...76 William of Ockham and John Lutterell ...76 Lutterell’s Removal from Offi ce ...78 Ockham at the Provincial Chapter ...83 Lutterell’s Denunciation of Ockham ...86 The Process at Avignon, in brief ...90 6. The Case of Friar John ...92 John Kedington ...92 Mendicant Privileges, Archbishop FitzRalph, and the Debate over Dominium ...94 The Events Leading to the Condemnation ...98 Kedington’s Appeal...100 The Punishment ...103 7. The Case of Uthred of Boldon and William Jordan ...109 Uthred of Boldon and William Jordan ...109 Uthred’s Th eology ...111 The Quarrel between Uthred and Jordan ...114 Archbishop Langham Intervenes ...118 The Condemnation ...120 Deeper Considerations ...124 8. John Wyclif ...127 Wyclif ’s History ...127 The Condemnation of a Franciscan ...129 The St Paul’s Trial ...131 The Attempted Condemnation of 1377 ...133 Barton’s Condemnation ...148 The Blackfriars Council ...164 Wyclif Goes Unpunished ...175 9. The Oxford Lollards ...177 The Main Figures ...177 The Emergence of Wyclif ’s Followers as a Group ...181 The Radical Sermons and the Controversy at Oxford ...182 The Second Session of the Blackfriars Council ...189 The Meeting at Totenhale ...193 The Third through Sixth Sessions of the Blackfriars Council ...195 The Seventh Session of the Blackfriars Council ...203 The Failed Condemnation of Crumpe and Stokes ...204 Causes of the Strife at Oxford ...207 10. The Condemnation of Henry Crumpe ...210 The First Condemnation of Henry Crumpe...210 Crumpe at Oxford ...212 The First Session at Stamford ...213 The Second Session at Stamford...217 11. The Condemnation of Richard Flemmyng ...222 Richard Flemmyng ...222 Arundel’s Constitutions ...223 The Condemnation of Flemmyng ...225 Flemmyng’s Appeals ...227 Conclusions ...230 12. The Authority of the University to Condemn Heresy ...232 The Chancellor’s Office and Powers ...234 Appeals from the Chancellor’s Court ...237 Punishments ...238 The Right of Condemnation for Heresy ...240 Formal Authority in the Individual Cases ...241 Archbishop Arundel and the University of Oxford ...250 13. Libertas inquirendi at Oxford ...254 The Debate over ‘Pelagiansim’ at Oxford ...256 Academic Freedom in Medieval Universities ...258 Responses to the Condemnations of 1277, 1284, and 1286 ...260 The Absence of Condemnation as Evidence for Libertas Inquirendi ...267 The Dynamics of Libertas Inquirendi ...268 Arundel’s Constitutions ...270 14. Non-Theological Factors in Academic Condemnation ...273 Inter-Order Tension as a Cause of Condemnation ...273 Other Political Issues ...280 The Dynamic of Condemnation ...282 Punishment ...284 The Role of Unanimity in Academic Condemnations ...287 15. A Closing Thought ...292 Appendix: Known Cases of Academic Condemnation at Oxford ...295 Bibliography ...301 Index ...313

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Book SynopsisGaston Fessard, S.J. (1897–1978), was a major mid-twentieth century French intellectual. He was a Hegel expert, but also wrote on issues of the day ranging from the Vichy regime to Christian-Marxist dialogue. The product of several decades of reflection, Fessard’s work on the Dialectic of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola is the only one of its kind, a careful and penetrating study into the structure and tension of life-changing choices that Ignatius had in mind in his four week spiritual exercises. The Exercises insist on the way of making a spiritual Election, or choice in keeping with God’s will for oneself and for the Christian community at a particular moment in one’s existence.Table of ContentsThoughts on the Dialectic of the Spiritual Exercises  Oliva Blanchette and James Colbert List of Figures Preface Postscript Introduction 1 Division of the Exercises  1 How to Make the Four Weeks Coincide with the Three Ways?  2 Deduction of the Divisions of the Exercises part 1: Before the Act of Freedom 2 Positing Non-being: Week One 3 Negation of the Positing of Non-being: Week Two  1 The Three Degrees of Humility Part 2: Passage from the Before to the After Introduction to Part 2 4 The Election  1 Preamble to the Election  2 Introduction concerning the Things about Which Election Must Be Made  3 The Three Times of the Election  4 Two Ways of Making Election in the Third Time (Numbers 178–188)  5 For the Amendment and Reform of One’s Own Life and Condition (Number 189) Part 3: After the Act of Freedom Introduction to Part 3 5 Exclusion of All Non-being: Third Week  1 The Growth of the Exclusion of Non-being  2 Passage from the Third to the Fourth Moment: Triduum Mortis  3 Application to the Act of Freedom 6 Positing of Being: Fourth Week  1 Application to the Act of Freedom  2 Growth of the Positing of the Being  3 The Disappearance of the Positing of Being: Ascension Conclusion: The Contemplatio Ad Amorem Obtinendum  1 First Point  2 Second Point  3 Third Point  4 Fourth Point  5 Suscipe Circularity of the Exercises and Circularity of Absolute Knowledge: From Ignatius to Hegel through Hölderlin Afterword  1 Essay on Constructing a Geometrical Scheme of the Exercises  2 Division of the Exercises  3 Perspectives Appendix: Rules for the Discernment of Spirits  1 Rules for the First Week (Numbers 313–327)  2 Rules for the Second Week (Numbers 328–336) Further Study of the Ignatian Maxim  Haec sit prima agendorum regula: sic Deo fide, quasi rerum successus omnis a te, nihil a Deo ponderet; ita tamen iis omnem operam admove, quasi tu nihil, Deus omnia solus sit facturus  Section 1: Sources of the Traditional Maxim  Section 2: Structure of Maxim Number 2  Section 3: The Objections against the Traditional Maxim  Section 4: The Secret of These Objections Figures  Figures 1–10  Figures 14–19  Figures 20–29  Elogium Sepulcrale Index

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Book SynopsisAt the centre of the Rosicrucian manifestos was a call for ‘general reformation’. In Reformation, Revolution, Renovation, the first book-length study of this topic, Lyke de Vries demonstrates the unique position of the Rosicrucian call for reform in the transformative context of the early seventeenth century. The manifestos, commonly interpreted as either Lutheran or esoteric, are here portrayed as revolutionary mission statements which broke dramatically with Luther’s reform ideals. Their call for reform instead resembles a variety of late medieval and early modern dissenting traditions as well as the heterodox movement of Paracelsianism. Emphasising the universal character of the Rosicrucian proposal for change, this new genealogy of the core idea sheds fresh light on the vexed question of the manifestos’ authorship and helps explain their tumultuous reception by both those who welcomed and those who deplored them.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures Abbreviations Introduction  The Rosicrucian Story  The Historiography  A Fresh Approach Part 1 The Origins 1 Back to the Sources  1.1 The Reformation of Divine and Human Things  1.2 The Revolution of the Ages  1.3 The Renovation of Philosophy  1.4 Concluding Remarks 2 The Paracelsian Impetus  2.1 Visions of a Golden Time  2.2 The Revelation of Secrets  2.3 Alchemy and Medicine  2.4 Philosophical Inspirations  2.5 Primeval Wisdom  2.6 Concluding Remarks Part 2 The Bibliographical Origins 3 The Authors and the Rosicrucian Worldview  3.1 Authorship in Question  3.2 Apocalyptic Expectations  3.3 New Societies and Attempts at Reform  3.4 Paracelsian Motivation  3.5 Concluding Remarks Part 3 The Response 4 Rosicrucianism Praised: The Early Response  4.1 Avoiding Tribulations: The First Response to the Fama  4.2 The Instauration of Original Wisdom  4.3 The Rosicrucian Study of Alchemy and Medicine  4.4 The Reform of Medicine and Sciences  4.5 Rosicrucian Theosophy and the Reform of Divine and Human Things  4.6 Concluding Remarks 5 Rosicrucianism Challenged: Early Debates  5.1 The Rosicrucian Manifestos Debated: Libavius and Fludd  5.2 The Rosicrucian Manifestos Debated: Grick and Mögling  5.3 Concluding Remarks and Further Challenges: Official Investigations Conclusion  Prospects Appendix: Theca Gladii Spiritus (1616), nrs. 175–202 Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe articles in this volume reflect upon the intersections of corporeity and affectivity in Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology. They illuminate the meaning of his phenomenology regarding corporeity and affectivity from various phenomenological perspectives. Corporeity and Affectivity explores his invaluable contribution in interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary respect, including the humanities, the arts and the sciences. Contributors include: Alexei Chernyakov (†), Jagna Brudzińska, Universität Köln, IFiS PAN Warschau, Nicola Zippel, Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Philosophy, Karel Novotný, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University of Prague, James Mensch, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Humanities, Annabelle Dufourcq, Charles University Prague, Faculty of Humanities, Juho Hotanen, University of Helsinki, Silvia Stoller, Universität Wien, Pierre Rodrigo, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, Antonino Firenze, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Shaun Gallagher, University of Memphis, Department of Philosophy, Kwok-ying Lau, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Monika Murawska, The Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Irene Breuer, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Mauro Carbone, Université “Jean Moulin” Lyon 3, Faculté de philosophie, László Tengelyi, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Björn Thorsteinsson, University of Oceland, Institute of Philosophy, Mikkel B. Tin, Telemark University College, Porsgrunn, Tamás Ullmann, ELTE University of Budapest, Institute of Philosophy, Johann P. Arnason, La Trobe University, Melbourne; Charles University, Faculty of Humanities, Prague, Michael Staudigl, Vienna University, Department of Philosophy, Suzi Adams, Flinders University, AdelaideTable of ContentsContributors include: Alexei Chernyakov (†) Jagna Brudzińska, Universität Köln, IFiS PAN Warschau Nicola Zippel, Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Philosophy Karel Novotný, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University of Prague James Mensch, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Humanities Annabelle Dufourcq, Charles University Prague, Faculty of Humanities Juho Hotanen, University of Helsinki Silvia Stoller, Universität Wien Pierre Rodrigo, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon Antonino Firenze, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Shaun Gallagher, University of Memphis, Department of Philosophy Kwok-ying Lau, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) Monika Murawska, The Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw Irene Breuer, Bergische Universität Wuppertal Mauro Carbone, Université “Jean Moulin” Lyon 3, Faculté de philosophie László Tengelyi, Bergische Universität Wuppertal Björn Thorsteinsson, University of Oceland, Institute of Philosophy Mikkel B. Tin, Telemark University College, Porsgrunn Tamás Ullmann, ELTE University of Budapest, Institute of Philosophy Johann P. Arnason, La Trobe University, Melbourne; Charles University, Faculty of Humanities, Prague Michael Staudigl, Vienna University, Department of Philosophy Suzi Adams, Flinders University, Adelaide

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Book SynopsisIn his study of the human, non-human relationships in Mongolia, Bernard Charlier explores the role of the wolf in the ways nomadic herders relate to their natural environment and to themselves. The wolf, as the enemy of the herds and a prestigious prey, is at the core of two technical relationships, herding and hunting, endowed with particular cosmological ideas. The study of these relationships casts a new light on the ways herders perceive and relate to domestic and wild animals. It convincingly undermines any attempt to consider humans and non-humans as entities belonging a priori to autonomous spheres of existence, which would reify the nature-society boundary into a phenomenal order of things and so justify the identity of western epistemology.

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Book SynopsisThe very name of Confucius is a constant reminder that the “foremost sage” in China was first known in the West through Latin works. The most influential of these was the Confucius Sinarum Philosophus (Confucius, the Philosopher of China), published in Paris in 1687. For more than two hundred years, Western intellectuals like Leibniz and Voltaire read and meditated on the sayings of Confucius from this Latin version. Thierry Meynard examines the intellectual background of the Jesuits in China and their thought processes in coming to understand the Confucian tradition. He presents a trilingual edition of the Lunyu, including the Chinese text, the Latin translation of the Lunyu and its commentaries, and their rendition in modern English, with notes.Trade Review“a highly useful contribution to the field of Sinology and the history of Christianity in China.” Ronnie Po-chia Hsia, Pennsylvania State University. In: Journal of Chinese Religions, Vol. 45, No. 1 (2017), pp. 104-105. “This is a well-written work […] of great use to those scholars who have an interest in the work of Jesuit missionaries in China during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in Confucian classics, or, more generally, in translation or Chinese studies.” Arianna Magnani, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 70, No. 2 (Summer 2017), pp. 769-770. “In his edition Meynard has added to the Latin original a fluent and elegant English translation as well as the Chinese of the quotations from Confucius. The result is an admirable contribution to a number of fields – the history of the Society and its missions, the history of the study of Chinese, and the reception of Confucius in the West.” Alastair Hamilton, The Warburg Institute. In: The Heythrop Journal, Vol. 58, No. 3 (May 2017), pp. 457-458.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Illustrations Introduction I. The Genesis of the Sinarum Philosophus and its Prototypes II. The Interweaving of Different Chinese Sources III. Editorial Choices in Translating the Lunyu IV. The Jesuit Reading of the Lunyu and the Image of Confucius V. The Life of Confucius and his Portrait VI. The Reception of the Lunyu through Two Derivative Works Conclusion: Classics in the Global Age Trilingual Edition of the Lunyu, with Notes The Life of Confucius, Father of Chinese Philosophy Appendix. Ming Edition of the Lunyu jizhu with References in the Sinarum Philosophus Vocabulary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn China: Promise or Threat? Helle compares the cultures of China and the West through both private and public spheres. For China, the private sphere of family life is well developed while behaviour in public relating to matters of government and the law is less reliable. In contrast, the West operates in reverse. The book’s twelve chapters investigate the causes and effects of threats to the environment, military confrontations, religious differences, fundamentals of cultural history, and the countries’ orientations for finding solutions to societal problems, all informed by the Confucian impulse to recapture the lost splendour of a past versus faith in progress toward a blessed future. The West has promoted individualism while China is locked in its kinship society.Table of ContentsForeword: A Fascination with China, by David Fasenfest Preface Introduction: The Goal of this Book 1. Familism: A Threat to the Environment The “Public Sphere:” Rights without Obligations Two types of Personal Association Personalization of the Law 2. Exchanges of Threats: The Opium Wars International Relations: Britain Russia, Japan, and Germany The Chinese Experience: Threat and Disappointment Why Did China not Defend herself? 3. China and the US: A Balance of Power? Why follow Thucydides? Promises and Threats Based on Economic Interests Real and Imagined Military Threats 4. Religions: Core Components of Cultures The Task at Hand: What is a Religion? Shared Origins of Contemporary Religions Governmental Interference with Religious Affairs 5. Religious Vitality in Contemporary China Types of Atheism in Party Politics Ancestor Worship: The Religion of China 6. Max Weber’s View of Religion in China 7. Daoism: China’s Native Religion The Fundamentals of Daoism Nature and Life Everlasting in Daoism Daoism as seen by Confucians and Buddhists 8. Oracle-Bones: The Mandate of Heaven How to Change – forward or backward? The Splendid Age of the Oracle Bones 9. Confucius: Recapture the Lost Splendour The Heavenly Mandate Shared by Relatives Finding Options for the Future The Party or the Family as “Church” in China? 10. The West: Individualism at its Limits The Western Family as Tragedy Cultural Evolution of Kinship in the West 11. China: The Kinship Society Granet and the Analects: Evolution of Kinship in China Fei Xiaotong: Field Work on Types of Family Life Altruism and Selfishness: A precarious Balance 12. China: A Threatening Promise to the West Summaries of the Chapters Concluding Queries about Threats and Promises Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe purpose of this book is to highlight Carl Stumpf’s contributions to philosophy and to assess some of the aspects of his work. This book is divided into four sections, and also includes a general introduction on Stumpf’s philosophy. The first section examines the historical sources of his philosophy, the second examines some of the central themes of his work and the third examines his relationship to other philosophers. The fourth section consists of notes taken by Husserl during Stumpf’s lectures on metaphysics in Halle, Stumpf’s introduction to the edition of his correspondence with Brentano, which he prepared in 1929, and some important letters pertaining to this correspondence. This book also provides a comprehensive bibliography of the works of Stumpf.Trade Review"Considering the many issues addressed in the papers of the book and the important unpublished materials yield now accessible, the project edited by Denis Fisette and Riccardo Martinelli is an essential instrument of research in this field. ... In the wake of the book Carl Stumpf – From Philosophical Reflection to Interdisciplinary Scientific Investigation (Krammer 2011), this book represents a further and decisive step in recognising the significance of Stumpf in the philosophical-psychological thought of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century." Gemmo Iocco, in Philosophischer Literaturanzeiger 69 (issue 4), 2016. "Denis Fisette and Riccardo Martinelli have put together the most comprehensive, ambitious, and engaging collection of essays on the philosophy of Carl Stumpf (1848–1936) to date. The volume is impressive in both scope and depth. ... Philosophy from an Empirical Standpoint is a landmark publication. It will have a long-lasting impact on the history of early twentieth century European philosophy and its ramifications up to our present.” Andrea Staiti, in The Philosophical Quarterly "Bien plus qu’une hypothétique reconstruction synthétique de l’oeuvre de Stumpf, Philosophy from an Empirical Standpoint: Essays on Carl Stumpf offre au lecteur un approfondissement des thèmes centraux de sa philosophie qui permet de penser la place de cette figure emblématique dans la philosophie allemande du xxe siècle." Maxime Julien, in Philosophiques, 42, (issue 2), 2015. "The general picture that emerges from this successful volume is that Stumpf was indeed a philosopher, not “just” an experimental psychologist treating of “matter of facts” in acoustics. ... Thanks to Denis Fisette and Riccardo Martinelli’s precious book, Stumpf’s position in the “scientific classifications” (Einteilung der Wissenschaften) will be considered anew." Hamid Taieb, in Brentano Studien, Internationales Jahrbuch der Franz Brentano Forschung 14 (2016)Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE THE RECEPTION AND ACTUALITY OF CARL STUMPF. AN INTRODUCTION Denis Fisette I. HISTORICAL SOURCES Introduction Riccardo Martinelli The young Carl Stumpf. His spiritual, intellectual, and professional development Wilhelm Baumgartner Practical Epistemology: Stumpf’s Halle Logic (1887) Robin D. Rollinger Carl Stumpf’s Debt to Hermann Lotze Nikolay Milkov Stumpf und die Monadologie der Herbartianer Stefano Poggi II. THEMES Introduction Riccardo Martinelli Carl Stumpf’s Philosophy of Mathematics Carlo Ierna Carl Stumpf über Sachverhalte Arkadiusz Chrudzimski Stumpf on Categories Riccardo Martinelli The Autonomy of the Sensible and the De-subjectification of the a priori by Stumpf Dominique Pradelle Stumpf on Abstraction Guillaume Fréchette Ästhetik als praktische Philosophie: Zur impliziten Ästhetik von Carl Stumpf Christian G. Allesch III. INFLUENCES Introduction Riccardo Martinelli A Phenomenology without Phenomena? Carl Stumpf’s Critical Remarks on Husserl’s Phenomenology Denis Fisette Stumpf’s (Early) Insights and Marty’s Way to His (Later) Sprachphilosophie Laurent Cesalli On Stumpf and Schlick Fiorenza Toccafondi Love, Emotions and Passion in Musil’s Novellas “Unions” in the light of Stumpf’s Theory of Feelings Silvia Bonacchi IV. ARCHIVALIA Introduction Denis Fisette Introduction to Stumpf’s Lecture on Metaphysics Denis Fisette Metaphysik. Vorlesung, Carl Stumpf Edited by Robin Rollinger Introduction to Carl Stumpf’s Correspondence with Franz Brentano Denis Fisette Stumpf’s “Einleitung zu Brentanos Briefen an mich,” followed by selected letters from Brentano and Stumpf Carl Stumpf and Franz Brentano Edited by Guillaume Fréchette Bibliography of Carl Stumpf’s Publications / Bibliographie der Schriften von Carl Stumpf Denis Fisette INDEX OF NAMES

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Book SynopsisThis outline of Korea’s civilisation is a cultural history that examines the ways the Korean people over the past two millennia understood the world and viewed their place in society. In the traditional era, the interaction between several broad religious and philosophical traditions and social institutions, state interests and, at times, external pressures, provides the framework of the story. In the modern era, the chief concern is with the rapid and momentous cultural changes that have occurred over the past one and a half centuries in the idea and spread of education, the rise in influence of students, the development of mass culture, the redefinition of gender, and the continuing importance of religion.

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Book SynopsisThe contributions to Concepts of Philosophy in Asia and the Islamic World reflect upon the problems implied in the received notions of philosophy in the respective scholarly literatures. They ask whether, and for what reasons, a text should be categorized as a philosophical text (or excluded from the canon of philosophy), and what this means for the concept of philosophy. The focus on texts and textual corpora is central because it makes authors expose their claims and arguments in direct relation to specific sources, and discourages generalized reflections on the characteristics of, for example, Japanese culture or the Indian mind. The volume demonstrates that close and historically informed readings are the sine qua non in discussing what philosophy is in Asia and the Islamic world, just as much as with regard to Western literature Contributors are Yoko Arisaka, Wolfgang Behr, Thomas Fröhlich, Lisa Indraccolo, Paulus Kaufmann, Iso Kern, Ralf Müller, Gregor Paul, Lisa Raphals, Fabian Schäfer, Ori Sela, Rafael Suter, Christian Uhl, Viatcheslav Vetrov, Yvonne Schulz Zinda, and Nicholas Zufferey.Table of ContentsContents Part 1: China Introduction: ‘What is Chinese Philosophy?’  Ralph Weber and Robert H. Gassmann A Preliminary Overview of the Genealogy of zhexue in China, 1888-1930  Ori Sela On the Early Marxist Concept of Philosophy in the PRC (1930s–1950s)  Yvonne Schulz Zinda Reviewing the Crisis of the Study of Chinese Philosophy – Starting from the ‘Legitimacy of Chinese Philosophy’ Debates  Lee Ming-huei ‘Self-Refutation’ (bèi) in Early Chinese Argumentative Prose: Sidelights on the Linguistic Prehistory of Incipient Philosophy  Wolfgang Behr Philosophy? (Re)appreciating Squire Mèng and the Mèngzǐ  Robert H. Gassmann The Zhuangzi on ming: Perspectives and Implications  Lisa Raphals Philosophy in the Clothes of History: The Case of the Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu)  Nicholas Zufferey The ‘Wirkungsgeschichte’ of Wang Yangming’s ‘Teaching in Four Propositions’ up to Liu Zongzhou and Huang Zongxi  Iso Kern Moving the Target to Catch an Arrow: Qian Zhongshu’s View of Analogies and Metaphors in Philosophical Reasoning  Viatcheslav Vetrov ‘New Confucianism’ and the Sinicization of Metaphysics and Transcendentalism: Conceptualizations of Philosophy in the Early Works of Xiong Shili and Mou Zongsan  Rafael Suter ‘Philosophy’ Reconsidered: The Theological Accentuation in Tang Junyi’s Modern Confucianism  Thomas Fröhlich Philosophy? – On Tu Weiming’s ‘The Continuity of Being’ (1984)  Ralph Weber Part 2: Japan Introduction: ‘What is Japanese Philosophy’?  Ralph Weber and Robert H. Gassmann Kūkaiʼs 空海 (774-835) Philosophy of Language Reflections on the Usage of the Word ‘Philosophy’  Gregor Paul Form and Content in Kūkai’s Shōjijissōgi   Paulus Kaufmann Philosophy and the Practice of Reflexivity On Dōgen’s Discourse about Buddha-Nature  Ralf Müller A Zen Philosopher? – Notes on the Philosophical Reading of Dōgen’s Shōbōgenzō  Raji C. Steineck Ogyū Sorai and the End of Philosophy  Paulus Kaufmann Towards a Critical Public Sphere: Tosaka Jun on Philosophical Journalism and Journalistic Philosophy  Fabian Schäfer What is Philosophy?: The Use and Abuse of Universalism in Modern Japanese Philosophy  Yoko Arisaka What is Philosophy? On Globalizing Capitalism, the Modern Order of Knowledge, and the Spread of Philosophy to Japan  Christian Uhl Index

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Book SynopsisIn 1679 Hadriaan Beverland (1650-1716) was banished from the province of Holland. Why was this humanist scholar exiled from one of the most tolerant parts of Europe in the seventeenth century? To answer this question, this book places Beverland’s writings on sex, sin, and scholarship in their historical context for the first time. Beverland argued that sexual lust was the original sin and highlighted the importance of sex in human nature, ancient history, and his own society. His audacious works hit a raw nerve: Dutch theologians accused him of atheism, he was abandoned by his humanist colleagues, and he was banished by the University of Leiden. By positioning Beverland’s extraordinary scholarship in the context of the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic, this book examines how his radical studies challenged the intellectual, ecclesiastical, and political elite, providing a fresh perspective upon the Dutch Republic in the last decades of its Golden Age.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Tables and Illustrations Abbreviations and Translations Note on Translations Introduction  1 Studies on Beverland  2 The Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic  3 Sin, Scripture, Scholarship, Sex Prologue: Banishment (1650–1680)  1 Early Life and Student Years  2 First Publications  2 Trial and Banishment 1 Sin  1 The Fall of Adam and Eve  2 Ideas on Sex and Sin  3 Beverland and the Dutch Theologians  4 Conclusion 2 Scripture  1 The Bible in the Seventeenth Century  2 Philological Criticism  3 Composition and Conservation  4 A Spinozist?  5 Conclusion 3 Scholarship  1 The Humanist  2 Sex and Humanist Scholarship  3 Conclusion 4 Sex  1 Bars, Brothels, and Obscenities  2 Enticing Texts and Images  3 Truth and Liberty  4 Conclusion Epilogue: Exile (1680–1716)  1 Studies and Services  2 Return to the Dutch Republic  3 A Broken Man Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisJill Kraye, Professor Emerita of the Warburg Institute, is renowned internationally for her scholarship on Renaissance philosophy and humanism. This volume pays tribute to her achievements with essays by friends, colleagues, and doctoral students—all leading scholars—on subjects as diverse as her work. Articles on canonical figures such as Marsilio Ficino and Justus Lipsius mix with more quirky pieces on alphabetic play and the Hippocratic aphorisms. Many chapters seek to bridge the divide between humanism and philosophy, including David Lines's survey of the way fifteenth-century humanists actually defined philosophy and Brian Copenhaver's polemical essay against the concept of humanist philosophy. The volume includes a full bibliography of Professor Kraye's scholarly publications. Contributors are: Michael Allen, Daniel Andersson, Lilian Armstrong, Stefan Bauer, Dorigen Caldwell, Brian Copenhaver, Martin Davies, Germana Ernst, Guido Giglioni, Robert Goulding, Anthony Grafton, James Hankins, J. Cornelia Linde, David Lines, Margaret Meserve, John Monfasani, Anthony Ossa-Richardson, Jan Papy, Michael Reeve, Alessandro Scafi, and William Stenhouse.Trade Review"This book contains many excellent essays that cannot all be discussed in the scope of a book review: instead this review could only offer tantalizing samples and an invitation to dine at a table at a feast worth attending." Andrew L. Thomas, Salem College, in The Sixteenth Century Journal I.4, pp. 1220-1222 “important and timely […] this is a very rich volume of contributions whose center is represented by a thorough reconsideration of the question of humanism in relation to philosophy.” Massimo Lollini, University of Oregon. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 72, No. 3 (Fall 2019), pp. 1113-1114.Table of ContentsForeword List of Illustrations 1 Jill Kraye: The History of Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline  Anthony Grafton Humanism and its Reception 2 The Unpolitical Petrarch: Justifying the Life of Literary Retirement  James Hankins 3 Lauro Quirini and His Greek Manuscripts: Some Notes on His Culture  John Monfasani 4 Translating Aristotle in Fifteenth-Century Italy: George of Trebizond and Leonardo Bruni  J. Cornelia Linde 5 Illuminated Copies of Plutarchus, Vitae illustrium virorum, Venice: Nicolaus Jenson, 1478; New Attributions, New Patrons  Lilian Armstrong 6 A Roman Monster in the Humanist Imagination  Margaret Meserve 7 Tau’s Revenge  Anthony Ossa-Richardson 8 A Knowing Likeness: Artists and Letterati at the Farnese Court in mid Sixteenth-Century Rome  Dorigen Caldwell 9 Greek Antiquities and Greek Histories in the Late Renaissance  William Stenhouse 10 Against ‘Humanism’: Pico’s Job Description  Brian Copenhaver Renaissance Philosophy and its Antecedents 11 Acquiring Wings: Augustine’s Recurrent Tensions on Creation and the Body  Alessandro Scafi 12 The Florilegium Angelicum and ‘Seneca’, De moribus  Michael Reeve 13 Defining Philosophy in Fifteenth-Century Humanism: Four Case Studies  David A. Lines 14 Marsilio Ficino on Power, on Wisdom, and on Moses  Michael J. B. Allen 15 ‘If you Don’t Feel Pain, you Must Have Lost your Mind’: The Early Modern Fortunes of a Hippocratic Aphorism  Guido Giglioni 16 Life in Prison: Cardano, Tasso and Campanella  Germana Ernst 17 Five Versions of Ramus’s Geometry  Robert Goulding 18 Justus Lipsius as Historian of Philosophy: The Reception of the Manuductio ad stoicam philosophiam (1604) in the History of Philosophy  Jan Papy 19 Can History be Rational?  Stefan Bauer 20 A Crayon for Jill  Daniel Andersson The Publications of Jill Kraye, 1979–2017  Martin Davies

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Book SynopsisDespite the recent proliferation of scholarship on anarchism, very little attention has been paid to the historical and theoretical relationship between anarchism and philosophy. Seeking to fill this void, Brill’s Companion to Anarchism and Philosophy draws upon the combined expertise of several top scholars to provide a broad thematic overview of the various ways anarchism and philosophy have intersected. Each of its 18 chapters adopts a self-consciously inventive approach to its subject matter, examining anarchism’s relation to other philosophical theories and systems within the Western intellectual tradition as well as specific philosophical topics, subdisciplines and methodological tendencies.Trade Review“Es zeichnet – bezogen auf Philosophie – wissenschaftlich souverän, sehr informativ und gut lesbar anarchistische Horizonte nach. Auffallend ist der abwägende Gestus: ohne verzweifelte und verzweifelnde Attacken gegen einen sogenannten Neoliberalismus, aber auch ohne romantischen Utopismus.” — Olaf Briese, Berliner Debatte Initial 29.2 (2018)Table of ContentsEditor’s Preface Acknowledgments About the Contributors Anarchism and Philosophy: A Critical Introduction  Nathan Jun 1 Anarchism and Aesthetics  Allan Antliff 2 Anarchism and Liberalism  Bruce Buchan 3 Anarchism and Markets  Kevin Carson 4 Anarchism and Religion  Alexandre Christoyannopoulos and Lara Apps 5 Anarchism and Pacifism  Andrew Fiala 6 Anarchism and Moral Philosophy  Benjamin Franks 7 Anarchism and Nationalism  Uri Gordon 8 Anarchism and Sexuality  Sandra Jeppesen and Holly Nazar 9 Anarchism and Feminism  Ruth Kinna 10 Anarchism and Libertarianism  Roderick T. Long 11 Anarchism, Poststructuralism, and Contemporary European Philosophy  Todd May 12 Anarchism and Analytic Philosophy  Paul McLaughlin 13 Anarchism and Environmental Philosophy  Brian Morris 14 Anarchism and Psychoanalysis  Saul Newman 15 Anarchism and Nineteenth-Century European Philosophy  Pablo Abufom Silva and Alex Prichard 16 Anarchism and Nineteenth-Century American Political Thought  Crispin Sartwell 17 Anarchism and Phenomenology  Joeri Schrijvers 18 Anarchism and Marxism  Lucien van der Walt 19 Anarchism and Existentialism  Shane Wahl Index

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Book SynopsisThe studies included in the Care of the Self: Ancient Problematizations of Life and Contemporary Thought focus on different manifestations of “taking care of the self” present in ancient and contemporary thought. Each of these studies approaches the issue of taking care of the self from a different perspective: Part I by Vladislav Suvák focuses on Socrates’ therapeutic education; Part II by Lívia Flachbartová centres on Diogenes’ ascetic practices; and Part III by Pavol Sucharek concentrates on Henri Maldiney’s existential phenomenology. Taking care of the self (epimeleia heautou) is not just one of a great many topics associated with ancient ethics. Echoing Michel Foucault, we could say that the care of the self applies to all problematizations of life.Table of ContentsPreface 1 Socratic Therapy as Taking Care of the Self and Others  Vladislav Suvák 2 The Care of the Self and Diogenes’ Ascetic Practices  Lívia Flachbartová 3 The Care of the Self and Its Phenomenological Constitution: Henri Maldiney  Pavol Sucharek Index

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Book SynopsisGrounds of Pragmatic Realism argues that Hegel’s philosophy from the 1807 Phenomenology of Spirit through his last Berlin lectures on philosophical psychology demonstates how Kant’s critique of rational judgment across his Critical corpus can be disentangled from Kant’s failed Transcendental Idealism and developed into a cogent, pragmatic realism, within which the social and historical aspects of rational inquiry and justification are shown to justify realism about the objects of empirical knowledge. Hegel’s demonstration reveals how deeply contemporary epistemology remains beholden to pre-Critical options, none of which are adequate to the natural sciences, nor to commonsense. Hegel recognised and justified (independently) Kant’s semantics of singular cognitive reference to particulars within space and time. Hegel’s analysis of mutual recognition develops Kant’s insights into the self-critical and inter-subjective aspects of rational judgment and justification, to show that none of us can be properly rational judges, nor can we properly justify our judgments rationally, without constructive self-criticism and without acknowledging and benefitting from constructive critical assessment by others.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Note on Sources and Citations 1 Introduction Part I: HEGEL’S CRITICAL RECONSIDERATIONS OF METAPHYSICS AND EPISTEMOLOGY 2 Henry Harris and the Spirit of Hegel’s 1807 Phenomenology 3 Idealism: Transcendental or Absolute? 4 Hegel’s Early Critique of Kant’s Critical Foundations of Physics 5 The Transcendental, Formal and Material Conditions of the ‘I Think’ 6 The Fate of ‘the’ Intuitive Intellect in Hegel’s Philosophy 7 Hegel’s Post-Kantian Epistemological Reorientation PART II: HEGEL’S CRITICAL EPISTEMOLOGY IN THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF SPIRIT 8 Hegel’s Manifold Response to Scepticism in the 1807 Phenomenology of Spirit 9 Hegel’s Pragmatic Critique and Reconstruction of Kant’s System of Principles I: The 1807 Phenomenology of Spirit 10 Hegel’s Solution to the Pyrrhonian Dilemma of the Criterion 11 Hegel’s Transcendental Proof of Mental Content Externalism 12 Mutual Recognition and Rational Justification in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit 13 Mutual Recognition and Rational Justification in Substantive Domains PART III: HEGEL’S SYSTEMATIC CRITICAL PRAGMATIC REALISM 14 Hegel’s Critique of Intuitionism: Encyclopaedia §§61–78 15 Analytic Philosophy and the Long Tail of Scientia: Hegel and the Historicity of Philosophy 16 Hegel’s Pragmatic Critique and Reconstruction of Kant’s System of Principles II: the Science of Logic and Encyclopaedia 17 Science and the Philosophers 18 Hegel’s Philosophy of Nature: Its Aims, Scope and Significance 19 Cognitive Psychology, Intelligence and the Realisation of the Concept in Hegel’s Encyclopaedic Epistemology 20 Robust Pragmatic Realism in Hegel’s Critical Epistemology: Synthetic Necessary Truths 21 Autonomy, Freedom and Embodiment: Hegel’s Critique of Contemporary Biologism 22 Appendix Analytical Contents Bibliography Index of Names Index of Subjects

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Book SynopsisDieser Band ist dem Andenken des 200. Todesjahres Fichtes gewidmet, mit der Absicht, seine letzten Schriften und die Aktualität seiner Philosophie zu würdigen. Nach dem Abschluss der Fichte-Gesamtausgabe im Jahre 2012 stehen alle Materialien zur Verfügung, die der Fichte-Forschung ermöglichen, eine schlüssige Interpretation der letzten Gedanken Fichtes zu liefern. Dementsprechend ist der Band in vier Teile gegliedert. Der erste Teil beschäftigt sich mit der theoretischen und systematischen Darlegung seines Denkens in den letzten Berliner Jahren; der zweite Teil thematisiert den Freiheitsgedanken als grundlegende Annahme seines Systems und unternimmt unter Berücksichtigung verschiedener Reaktionen auch den Versuch, diesen zu kontextualisieren. Der dritte Teil ist der politischen Seite seiner Theorie gewidmet, die Fichte gerade in den Berliner Jahren weiter ausarbeitete. Diesen klassischen Themen der Fichte-Forschung folgen im vierten Teil Beiträge, die Fichtes philosophische Ansätze in den Dialog mit gegenwärtigen Autoren und Fragen der Philosophie bringen. Beitragende sind Frederick Beiser, Daniel Breazeale, Matteo Vincenzo d’Alfonso, Mário Jorge De Carvalho, Carla De Pascale, Erich Fuchs, Andres Höntsch, Marco Ivaldo, Christian Klotz, Douglas Moggach, Peter L. Oesterreich, Ives Radrizzani, Klaus Ries, Jacinto Rivera de Rosales Chacón, Friedrike Schick, Andreas Schmidt, Hartmut Traub, Klaus Vieweg, Hans Georg von Manz und Günter Zöller.Table of ContentsVorwort Grußwort des Ehrenpräsidenten der Internationalen Fichte-Gesellschaft Beiträgerverzeichnis Teil 1: Die letzten Jahre: ein systematischer Überblick 1 Fichtes letztes Jahr  Erich Fuchs 2 Die letzten Vorlesungen Fichte  Jacinto Rivera de Rosales Chacón 3 Fichtes Theorie des Begriffs und der Empirie in der „Transzendentalen Logik I“: Zur Methodik, zu ihrem Status als Propädeutik für die Wissenschaftslehre und eine kurze Darstellung ihrer Ausgangsthesen  Hans Georg von Manz 4 Ausdehnung und Freiheit  Mario Jorge de Carvalho 5 »Ein neuer Sinn zu entwickeln«: Fichtes letztes Vermächtnis  Marco Ivaldo Teil 2: Die Freiheitsfrage und ihr Kontext 6 In Defense of Conscience: Fichte vs. Hegel  Daniel Breazeale 7 Contextualising Fichte: Leibniz, Kant, and Perfectionist Ethics  Douglas Moggach 8 Die Bestimmung des Menschen: Fichtes Antwort auf Jacobis Brief an ihn  Ives Radrizzani 9 Das „erste System der Freiheit“ und die „Vernichtung aller Freiheit“: Zu Hegels kritischen Einwendungen gegen Fichtes Freiheitsverständnis  Klaus Vieweg 10 Kant, Schopenhauer und Fichte über unser Wissen von unseren körperlichen Handlungen  Franz Knappik Teil 3: Das Intersubjektive und seine Regeln: Recht und Politik 11 Fichte quer: Das Ich, die Nation und der Tod des Gelehrten  Peter L. Oesterreich 12 Mythos Fichte: Die Reden an die deutsche Nation als universalistischer Appell  Klaus Ries 13 „Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité“: „Ich“, „Du”, „Wir”. Fichtes politisches Philosophieren  Günter Zöller 14 Vernunft und Anerkennung: Zu Fichtes Lehre von der Intersubjektivität  Andreas Schmidt Teil 4: Die Wissenschaftslehre in der gegenwärtigen Philosophie 15 Neo-Kantianism as Neo-Fichteanism  Frederick Beiser 16 Fichtes Kritik des Reflexionsmodells von Selbstbewusstsein  Friedrike Schick 17 Gotthard Günthers Fichte-Interpretation  Andreas Höntsch 18 Fichte und Brandom über Selbstbewusstsein und Selbstkonstitution  Christian Klotz 19 Der Ausdruck der Freiheit und die Genese des ‚Ist-Sagens‘: Die Bedingung der Semantik im späten Fichte  Matteo Vincenzo d’Alfonso Teil 5: Rezensionen 20 Die Fichte Forschung in Griechenland. „Die Grundlage der gesamten Wissenschaftslehre als Handschrift für seine Zuhörer“ übersetzt und kommentiert von Theodoros Penolidis  Konstantinos Masmanidis

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Book SynopsisJustice Blindfolded gives an overview of the history of “justice” and its iconography through the centuries. Justice has been portrayed as a woman with scales, or holding a sword, or, since the fifteenth century, with her eyes bandaged. This last symbol contains the idea that justice is both impartial and blind, reminding indirectly of the bandaged Christ on the cross, a central figure in the Christian idea of fairness and forgiveness. In this rich and imaginative journey through history and philosophy, Prosperi manages to convey a full account of the ways justice has been described, portrayed and imagined. Translation of Giustizia bendata. Percorsi storici di un'immagine (Einaudi, 2008).Trade Review“In this suggestive and original study, Adriano Prosperi traces the evolving iconography of Justice from the medieval period to the modern day, drawing on legal treatises, theological texts, pamphlets, plays, sermons, and over one hundred images ranging from manuscript illuminations to modern tattoos, with the bulk of them from the thirteenth through the seventeenth centuries.” Nicholas Terpstra, University of Toronto. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 74, No. 2 (Summer 2021), pp. 606–608.Table of ContentsContents Preface to the Italian Edition Preface to the English Edition List of Figures 1 Scale and Sword, Eyes and Blindfold: the Attributes of Justice 2 Justice, That is to Say God 3 The Blindfold 4 Jesus, Barabbas and the Good Thief 5 Justice and Grace 6 Miracles and Salvation 7 The Divine Eye of the Law 8 Changes in Symbols 9 The Veil of Justice and the Risks of the Limelight Index

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Book SynopsisClinical Trials and the African Person aims to position the African notion of the self/person within the clinical trials context. As opposed to autonomy-based principlism, this other-regarding/communalist perspective is the preferred alternative model. This tactic draws further attention to the inadequacy of the principlist approach particularly in multicultural settings. It also engenders a rethink, stimulates interest, and re-assesses the failed assumptions of universal ethical principles. As a novel attempt that runs against much of the prevailing (Euro-American) intellectual mood, this approach strives to introduce the African viewpoint by making explicit the import of the self in a re-contextualized arena, meaning within the community and a given milieu. Thus, research ethics must go beyond autonomy-based considerations for the individual, to rightly embed him/her within his/her community and the environment.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements List of Figures List of Abbreviations/Terms Introduction Part 1: Clinical Trials 1 Who is Responsible for Human Subjects (When Experiments Travel)?  1.1 Introduction  1.2 Experimentation with Human Subjects: A Selective Rehash   1.2.1 Burroughs Wellcome (Now GlaxoSmithKline) Experiments   1.2.2 Tuskegee Syphilis Study (1932–1972)   1.2.3 Nuremberg Experiments   1.2.4 Radiation Experiments   1.2.5 Mustard gas Experiments   1.2.6 Thalidomide   1.2.7 Henry Beecher Report   1.2.8 Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital and Willowbrook Tests  1.3 Emergence of Research Ethics Codes  1.4 Outsourcing of Clinical Trials  1.5 Trovan Test Case  1.6 Concluding Thoughts 2 Transgenic Mosquitoes Project as Model  2.1 Introduction  2.2 Some Preliminaries  2.3 The GMM Model  2.4 GMM Model and Biodiversity  2.5 Environmental Ethics and Bioethics  2.6 Concluding Thoughts Part 2: Responsibility 3 Being Responsible  3.1 Introduction  3.2 Understanding Responsibility  3.3 Responsibility as a Virtue  3.4 Corporate Responsibility  3.5 Concluding Thoughts Part 3: Personhood 4 Re-Conceiving Responsibility: A Role For Personhood in African Thought  4.1 Introduction  4.2 The ‘African Man’  4.3 African vs. Euro-American Personhood  4.4 African Personhood and Bioethics  4.5 Summary  4.6 The Die is Cast  4.7 Concluding Thoughts  4.8 Study Limitations/Directions for Future Studies Bibiliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis is the first critical edition of Book X of the Latin version of Averroes’ Middle Commentary on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. The text is accompanied by a French translation and explanatory notes, and is preceded by a study of the manuscript tradition and two studies on the Commentary itself. Cette première édition critique de la version latine du Commentaire d’Averroès à l’Éthique à Nicomaque (Livre X), accompagnée d’une traduction française annotée, est précédée de l’examen de la tradition manuscrite du texte et de deux études consacrée à ce Commentaire.Table of ContentsAvant-propos Introduction Le Livre X du Commentaire moyen À l’ Éthique à Nicomaque  1 Le dossier textuel  2 Les témoins latins  3 Le classement des témoins  4 Les principes de l’ édition du livre X du commentaire moyen à l’ Éthique à Nicomaque  5 Divisions du livre X du Commentaire moyen à l’ Éthique à Nicomaque Comment lire le Commentaire moyen à l’ Éthique à Nicomaque ?  1 Poétique du talḫīṣ dans le Commentaire moyen à l’ Éthique à Nicomaque  2 Averroès face à l’ Éthique à Nicomaque Conspectus siglorum Texte latin et traduction française annotée Bibliographie Index nominum antiquorum et mediaevalium Index nominum recentiorum Index verborum potiorum Index verborum latinorum potiorum in libro decimo Commentarii Averrois in Ethica Nicomachea

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Book SynopsisUberto Decembrio’s Four Books on the Commonwealth (De re publica libri IV, ca. 1420), edited and translated by Paolo Ponzù Donato, is one of the earliest examples of the reception of Plato’s Republic in the fifteenth century. The humanistic dialogue provides an illuminating insight into such themes as justice, the best government, the morals of the prince and citizen, education, and religion. Decembrio’s dialogue is dedicated to Filippo Maria Visconti, duke of Milan, the ‘worst enemy’ of Florence. Making use of literary and documentary sources, Ponzù Donato convincingly proves that Decembrio’s thought, which shares many points with the Florentine humanist Leonardo Bruni, belongs to the same world of Civic Humanism.Trade Review“This volume presents the student and scholar with an excellent text, translation, and critical apparatus.” Teresa Rodríguez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 75, No. 3 (Fall 2022), pp. 975–976.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Note on Indexes Introduction  1 The Person: Uberto Decembrio  2 The De re publica libri IV: Structure and Themes  3 Uberto Decembrio’s ‘Civic Humanism’  4 History of the Text  5 Editorial Principles De re publica libri IV / Four Books on the Commonwealth  Liber I / Book 1  Liber II / Book 2  Liber III / Book 3  Liber IV / Book 4 Bibliography Glossarial Index General Index

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Book SynopsisThe present volume collects contributions which contextualize Fichte’s theory of image in various respects, focusing on its relation to pre-modern theories of image, its changing role in the development of Fichte’s thinking and its place within Fichte’s foundation of philosophy in the area between theory of truth or validity and ontology. Der vorliegende Band versammelt Beiträge, die Fichtes Bildtheorie in verschiedenen Hinsichten kontextualisieren, wobei ihr Verhältnis zu prä-modernen Bildtheorien, ihre wechselnde Rolle in der Entwicklung von Fichtes Denken und ihre im Spannungsfeld von Wahrheits- bzw. Geltungstheorie und Ontologie angesiedelte Stellung in Fichtes Grundlegung der Philosophie im Mittelpunkt stehen.Table of ContentsVorwort der Herausgeber Teil 1: Der Bildbegriff in der Entwicklung des Fichteschen Denkens  1 Die Entwicklung der Wissenschaftslehre und die Entstehung der Theorie des Bildes in der ersten Fassung von 1804  Diogo Ferrer  2 Du sollst Dir ein Bild von mir machen, um es zu überwinden. Zur Vermittlung von Absolutem Wissen und gewöhnlichem Wissen am Ende der WL 1804-II  Valentin Pluder  3 De la gestion des fantômes du nihilisme. La réponse de la Destination de l’homme  Ives Radrizzani  4 Leben – Bild – Besonnenheit: Die Überwindung der idealistischen Erklärungsart in Fichtes Wissenschaftslehre 1810  Christian Klotz  5 Sein, Existenz und Bild in der Philosophie des späten Fichte  Manuel Jiménez-Redondo  6 Bilden als transzendentales Prinzip nach der Wissenschaftslehre  Marco Ivaldo  7 The Concept of the Image in the Berlin Lectures on Transcendental Logic  Joao Geraldo Martins da Cunha Teil 2: Fichtes bildtheoretisches Denken und seine Vorläufer  8 Bilder-wahrnehmen und Bild-sein altgriechische „Vorläufer“ der Idee des Bildseins  M. Jorge de Carvalho  9 Fichte und die analogia entis  Faustino Fabbianelli  10 Ich, Bild und Ding. Fichte und Kant. Zum Bildbegriff im „Grundriss des Eigentümlichen der Wissenschaftslehre“  Jindřich Karasek  11 „Das übersinnliche Substrat aller seiner Vermögen“. Das „x“ bei Kant und seine Auflösung bei Fichte  Martin Bunte Teil 3: Systematische Funktionen des Fichteschen Bildbegriffs  12 „Der Freiheit ergiebt sich die Wahrheit“: Freedom, Truth, and Image in Fichte’s late Wissenschaftslehre  Anthony Curtis Adler  13 Sein oder Geltung? Eine Deutungsperspektive zu Fichtes Lehre vom Absoluten und seiner Erscheinung  Michael Gerten  14 Transzendentale Prinzipien in Fichtes WL-1804-II: Eine Interpretationsskizze zur systematischen Rolle von ‚Licht‘ und ‚Bilden‘  Simon Schüz  15 Fichte und das Bild des Anderen  Cristiana Senigaglia Rezension  16 The Cambridge Companion to Fichte, edited by David James and Günther Zöller, Cambridge University Press, 2016, 419 pp.  Giovanni Alberti

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Book SynopsisProceedings of the conference 'A Clearing of the German Forest: Mysticism, Idealism and Romanticism', with contributions by Jens Halfwassen, Johann Kreuzer, Glenn A. Magee, Christian Danz, et al., concerning the relationship of Fichte, Hegel, Hölderlin and Schelling with the most important German mystics. Akten der Tagung 'Eine Lichtung des deutschen Waldes: Mystik, Idealismus und Romantik', mit Beiträgen von Jens Halfwassen, Johann Kreuzer, Glenn A. Magee, Christian Danz, usw., das Verhältnis von Fichte, Hegel, Hölderlin und Schelling zu den zentralen Autoren der deutschen Mystik betreffend.

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Book SynopsisIn this book, Valérie Cordonier and Tommaso De Robertis provide the first study, along with edition and translation, of Chrysostomus Javelli’s epitome of the Liber de bona fortuna (1531), the famous thirteenth-century Latin compilation of the chapters on fortune taken from Aristotle’s Magna Moralia and Eudemian Ethics. An Italian university professor and a prominent figure in the intellectual landscape of sixteenth-century Europe, Javelli (ca. 1470-ca. 1542) commented on nearly the entirety of Aristotle’s corpus. His epitome of the Liber de bona fortuna, the only known Renaissance reading produced on this work, offers an unparalleled insight into the early modern understanding of fortune, standing out as one of the most comprehensive witnesses to discussions on fate, fortune, and free will in the Western world.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures Introduction 1 The Liber de bona fortuna: Its Origin and Early Diffusion  1 The Textual History of the Liber in the Context of the Rediscovery of Aristotle’s Ethical Works  2 Aquinas’s Innovative Reading of the Two Chapters Making up the Liber: Summa contra Gentiles III, 92  3 An Interpretive Matrix for Later Readings: Giles of Rome’s Sententia de bona fortuna and Its Critical Discussion by Henry of Ghent 2 Chrysostomus Javelli: His Life and Work as Commentator on Aristotle  1 Javelli’s Early Years, His Activity as Regens at the Studium of Bologna, and His Involvement in the “Pomponazzi Affair”  2 Javelli’s Later Appointments, His Inquisitorial Activity, and the Publication of His Oeuvre  3 The Reception of Javelli’s Works in Late Sixteenth-Century Europe: Some Particular Cases 3 The Content of Javelli’s Epitome of the Liber de bona fortuna  1 The Presentation of the Liber as an Essential Complement to Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Ultimate Human Good (Prologue)  2 The Definition of Good Fortune as a Kind of Nature and the Different Concepts of “Nature” in Aristotle (Chapter 1)  3 The Different Concepts of “Fortune” in Aristotle and the Specificity of the Concept under Consideration in the Liber (Chapter 1)  4 “Suppose Socrates Wants to Rule”: On Fortune’s Own Jurisdiction (Chapter 2)  5 The Four Categories of Potentially “Well-Fortuned” Men: Medieval Tradition and Humanistic Sources (Chapter 3)  6 The Workings of Good Fortune and the Doctrine of God’s Uniform Action as a Key-Feature of Giles’s Doctrine (Chapter 4)  7 The Conditions for being Well-Fortuned, and the Dice Analogy as a Further Clue of Giles’s Influence (Chapter 4)  8 What Ancients Say about Good Fortune (Chapter 5)  9 Concluding Remarks 4 The Liber de bona fortuna in Javelli’s Other Works  1 The Liber in Javelli’s Sets of Quaestiones on Aristotle’s Natural Philosophy  2 The Liber in Javelli’s Original Writings  3 Javelli’s Epitomes of Aristotle’s Natural and Moral Philosophy 5 Javelli’s Epitome of the Liber de bona fortuna, Its Two Versions and Its Editorial History  1 The Editorial History of Javelli’s Epitome and the Publication of the Two Versions of This Text in the Course of the Sixteenth Century  2 The Overall Structure and the Organization of the Chapters in the Two Versions of the Epitome  3 The Use and Quotation of Ancient and Medieval Sources in the Two Versions of the Epitome 6 Edition and Translation of Javelli’s Epitome of the Liber de bona fortuna  1 Editorial Principles  2 Version A  3 Version B Bibliography Indices

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Book SynopsisThe Bible is the crucible within which were forged many of the issues most vital to philosophy during the early modern age. Different conceptions of God, the world, and the human being have been constructed (or deconstructed) in relation to the various approaches and readings of the Holy Scriptures. This book explores several of the ways in which philosophers interpreted and made use of the Bible. It aims to provide a new perspective on the subject beyond the traditional opposition “faith versus science” and to reflect the philosophical ways in which the Sacred Scriptures were approached. Early modern philosophers can thus be seen to have transformed the traditional interpretation of the Bible and emphasized its universal moral message. In doing so, they forged new conceptions about nature, politics, and religion, claiming the freedom of thought and scientific inquiry that were to become the main features of modernity. Contributors include Simonetta Bassi, Stefano Brogi, Claudio Buccolini, Simone D’Agostino, Antonella Del Prete, Diego Donna, Matteo Favaretti Camposampiero, Guido Giglioni, Franco Giudice, Sarah Hutton, Giovanni Licata, Édouard Mehl, Anna Lisa Schino, Luisa Simonutti, Pina Totaro, and Francesco Toto.Table of ContentsList of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction  Antonella Del Prete, Anna Lisa Schino and Pina Totaro part 1: Enquiring on Moses 1 Images of Moses in the Renaissance  Simonetta Bassi 2 More on Spinoza and the Authorship of the Pentateuch  Pina Totaro part 2: Prophet’s Witnessing 3 Tommaso Campanella on the Bible  Ontology, Epistemology and Political Philosophy  Guido Giglioni 4 Prophecy and the Prophetic Kingdom of God in the Hobbesian Analysis of the Holy Scriptures  Anna Lisa Schino 5 Hermeneutics and Conflict  Spinoza and the Downfall of Exegetical Interpretation  Diego Donna part 3: Rational Theology and Natural Religion 6 The Bible in the Philosophy of Anne Conway and Henry More  Sarah Hutton 7 “Between Doubt and Knowledge”  John Biddle and the English Unitarians in the Time of Locke  Luisa Simonutti 8 Immorality and Intolerance in the Bible?  Natural Ethicality and the Interpretation of Scripture in the Writings of Pierre Bayle  Stefano Brogi part 4: The Moral Message of the Bible 9 Peace and Truth in Polemic: Pascal’s Pensées L974/S771  Simone D’Agostino 10 An Association without Power?  Gift, Recognition, and Democracy in the Hobbesian Conception of Early Christian Communities  Francesco Toto 11 “The Law Inscribed in the Mind”  On the Meaning of a Biblical Image in Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise  Giovanni Licata part 5: The Accommodation Doctrine 12 Firmamentum  La querelle théologico-philologique du ciel étoilé, de Copernic à Kepler  Édouard Mehl 13 L’exégèse du dernier Mersenne et le cartésianisme  Claudio Buccolini 14 “Accommoder la Théologie à ma façon de philosopher”  Descartes and Dutch Cartesians Interpreting the Bible  Antonella Del Prete 15 Wolff, Spinoza, and the Interpretation of Scripture  Matteo Favaretti Camposampiero 16 Natural Philosophy and Scripture in Isaac Newton’s Principia mathematica  Franco Giudice Index

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Book SynopsisThe De concordia, published by Juan Luis Vives in 1529 and dedicated to the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, is a comprehensive analysis of the social and political problems which were then afflicting Europe. It is the only such analysis undertaken by any of the Renaissance humanists. The De concordia merits a much more important place in Vives’ oeuvre than scholars have hitherto given it. It is structured around the Augustinian concept of concordia and its antithesis, discordia. As such, it is an explicit attempt to understand current history in metaphysical terms. Vives’ intention is not to give strategic or tactical advice to Charles V, but to examine the general disorder of Europe with a view to determining its fundamental nature and significance. This is the first critical edition of the De concordia and the first English translation.Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Title Page of the 1529 Edition Introduction The Present Edition Selected Bibliography Sigla De Concordia et discordia in humano genere: Latin Text and English Translation Epistula Praefatoria Liber Primus Liber Secundus Liber Tertius Liber Quartus Index Locorum Index Nominum

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Book SynopsisThis volume examines Fichte's notion of the image in the systematic domains of ethics, philosophy of history, political philosophy, philosophy of language, aesthetics, and the philosophy of religion. Der vorliegende Band untersucht Fichtes bildtheoretisches Denken von der Theorie der Einbildungskraft bis in die systematischen Bereiche der Ethik, der Geschichtsphilosophie, der politischen Philosophie, der Sprachphilosophie, der Kunsttheorie und der Religionsphilosophie.

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Book SynopsisThis edition contains quaestiones 1-5 of book III of the commentary on the Sentences, by Marsilius of Inghen (†1396), the founding rector and first doctor of theology of the University of Heidelberg. These questions are devoted to the Christology, Mariology, and Trinitology, and deal with the issue of the Incarnation of Christ, with quaestiones 1-3 considering it in relation to the individual Persons of the Trinity, and quaestiones 4-5 in relation to the Blessed Virgin Mary. In all questions, Marsilius advocates the via media of sound faith, even above any school traditions.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction  1 Notes on Doctrinal Content: Christology  2 General Remarks concerning Marsilius of Inghen’s Commentary on Peter Lombard’s Sentences  3 Description of the Sources Containing qu. 1–5 of Marsilius of Inghen’s Commentary on the Sentences  4 Relationship among the Copies and Choice of the Basic Manuscript  5 Editorial Rules  6 Descriptio Fontium  7 Abbreviationes et Sigla Quaestiones super tertium librum Sententiarum  Q. 1 Utrum regnum increatum quod nisi fuissent crimina, non fuisset incarnatum, plus perfecerit regnum creatum, quam si sine crimine stetisset immaculatum  Q. 2 Utrum sicut solus Filius naturam hominis assumpsit, sic Pater et Spiritus Sanctus eandem naturam assumere potuerit  Q. 3 Utrum sicut Filius quamlibet aliam naturam in unitatem suppositi assumere potuit, sic in ipso inter personam assumentem et assumptam naturam unio media fuit  Q. 4 Utrum sicut a Virgine potentia peccandi extitit ablata, sic ipsa cum Filio in suis parentibus extitit decimata  Q. 5 Utrum sicut nullis praecedentibus meritis patrum Verbum incarnatum est, sic ad Verbi incarnationem Virgo Mater in aliquod operata sit Bibliographia Indices

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Book SynopsisThe supernova of 1604 marks a major turning point in the cosmological crisis of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Capturing the eyes and imagination of Europe, it ignited an explosion of ideas that forever changed the face of science. Variously interpreted as a comet or star, the new luminary brought together a broad network of scholars who debated the nature of the novelty and its origins in the universe. At the heart of the interdisciplinary discourse was Johannes Kepler, whose book On the New Star (1606) assessed the many disputes of the day. Beginning with several studies about Kepler’s book, the authors of the present volume explore the place of Kepler and the ‘new star’ in early modern culture and religion, and how contemporary debate shaped the course of science down to the present day. Contributors are: (1) Dario Tessicini, (2) Christopher M. Graney, (3) Javier Luna, (4) Patrick J. Boner, (5) Jonathan Regier, (6) Aviva Rothman, (7) Miguel Á. Granada, (8) Pietro Daniel Omodeo, (9) Matteo Cosci, and (10) William P. Blair.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction 1 Straight Paths and Evanescent Bodies: The Physics and Dynamics of Celestial Novelties in Kepler’s De stella nova  Dario Tessicini 2 Of Mites and Men (and Stars): Kepler on the Question of Star Sizes in De Stella Nova  Christopher M. Graney 3 The Measure of the Universe in De stella nova  Javier Luna 4 Celestial Novelty and the Science of the Stars: Kepler vs. Krabbe on Accuracy and Authority in Early Modern Germany  Patrick J. Boner 5 Stars, Crystals and Courts: Johannes Kepler and Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt  Jonathan Regier 6 Kepler’s Astrological Play  Aviva Rothman 7 The Nova of 1600 in Cygnus and the Christianization of the Constellations  Miguel Á. Granada 8 Epicurean Astronomy? Atomistic and Corpuscular Stars in Kepler’s Century  Pietro Daniel Omodeo 9 The Correspondence of Clavius, Dal Monte, Magini and Other Italian Astronomers on The Nova of 1604  Matteo Cosci 10 The Scientific Legacy of Kepler’s ‘Stella Nova’  William P. Blair Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Great Protector of Wits provides a new assessment of baron d’Holbach (1723–1789) and his circle. A challenging figure of the European Enlightenment, Paul-Henri Thiry d’Holbach was not only a radically materialistic philosopher, a champion of anticlericalism, the author of the Système de la nature – known as ‘the Bible of atheists’ –, an idéologue, a popularizer of the natural sciences and a prolific contributor to the Encyclopédie, but he also played a crucial role as an organizer of intellectual networks and was a master of disseminating clandestine literature and a consummate strategist in authorial fictions. In this collective volume, for the first time, all these different threads of d’Holbach’s ‘philosophy in action’ are considered and analyzed in their interconnection. Contributors to this volume: Jacopo Agnesina, Nicholas Cronk, Mélanie Éphrème, Enrico Galvagni, Jonathan Israel, Alan Charles Kors, Mladen Kozul, Brunello Lotti, Emilio Mazza, Gianluca Mori, Iryna Mykhailova, Gianni Paganini, Paolo Quintili, Alain Sandrier, Ruggero Sciuto, Maria Susana Seguin, and Gerhardt Stenger.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction  Laura Nicolì Part 1: Holbach: Philosopher and Philosophe 1 Holbach’s Skepticism  Alan Charles Kors 2 The Concept of Natural Order in the Système de la Nature  Brunello Lotti 3 An Empire of Lies: Holbach on Vanity and Philosophy  Enrico Galvagni Part 2: Holbach: Strategist of the Enlightenment 4 Holbach traducteur, stratège et philosophe  Mladen Kozul 5 The Role of Prophecies: Baron d’Holbach as a Translator of Anthony Collins  Jacopo Agnesina 6 D’Holbach and the “Spirit of Judaism”  Gianni Paganini 7 The Absent Guest: D’Holbach’s Strategic Use of Voltaire’s Texts  Ruggero Sciuto Part 3: Holbach: Encyclopédiste 8 La critique religieuse du baron d’Holbach dans l’Encyclopédie : une approche méthodique  Alain Sandrier 9 L’autre d’Holbach : l’encyclopédiste traducteur de chimie et d’histoire naturelle  Mélanie Éphrème Part 4: Holbach and His Time 10 How Many Atheists at d’Holbach’s Table?  Emilio Mazza and Gianluca Mori 11 D’Holbach et Diderot : une amitié plus que philosophique  Paolo Quintili 12 Voltaire contre la coterie holbachique  Gerhardt Stenger 13 D’Holbach, les cercles holbachiques et la circulation de la littérature philosophique clandestine  Maria Susana Seguin 14 Who Are D’Holbach’s Readers?  Nicholas Cronk Part 5: Holbach and Revolutionary Consciousnesses 15 D’Holbach’s Political and Social Thought: The Democratic “Revolution” in Western Values Prior to 1789  Jonathan Israel 16 D’Holbach’s Legacy in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union  Iryna Mykhailova Index Nominum

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Book SynopsisDescartes and the ‘Ingenium’ tracks the significance of embodied thought (ingenium) in the philosophical trajectory of the founding father of dualism. The first part of the book defines the notion of ingenium in relation to core concepts of Descartes's philosophy, such as memory and enumeration. It focuses on Descartes’s uses of this notion in methodical thinking, mathematics, and medicine. The studies in the second part place the Cartesian ingenium within preceding scholastic and humanist pedagogical and natural-philosophical traditions, and highlight its hitherto ignored social and political significance for Descartes himself as a member of the Republic of Letters. By embedding Descartes' notion of ingenium in contemporaneous medical, pedagogical, but also social and literary discourses, this volume outlines the fundamentally anthropological and ethical underpinnings of Descartes's revolutionary epistemology. Contributors: Igor Agostini, Roger Ariew, Harold J. Cook, Raphaële Garrod, Denis Kambouchner, Alexander Marr, Richard Oosterhoff, David Rabouin, Dennis L. Sepper, and Theo Verbeek.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations and Diagrams Abbreviations and Note on the Text Notes on Contributors Introduction: Descartes Re-imagined: Ingenuity before and beyond Dualism  Raphaële Garrod Part 1: Rethinking the Ingenium in the Cartesian Corpus. Method, Mathematics, Medicine 1 Methodical Invention: The Cartesian Ingenium at Work  Denis Kambouchner 2 Descartes and Logic: Perfecting the Ingenium  Roger Ariew 3 Enumeratio in Descartes’s Regulae ad directionem ingenii and Beyond  Theo Verbeek 4 Ingenium, Phantasia and Mathematics in Descartes’s Regulae ad directionem ingenii  David Rabouin 5 The Post-Regulae Direction of Ingenium in Descartes: Toward a Pragmatic Psychological Anthropology  Denis L. Sepper 6 Augustinian Souls and Epicurean Bodies? Descartes’s Corporeal Mind in Motion  Harold J. Cook Part 2: The Cartesian Ingenium in Context: Predecessors, Contemporaries, Successors 7 Ingenium between Descartes and the Scholastics  Igor Agostini 8 Methods of Ingenuity: The Renaissance Tradition behind Descartes’s Regulae  Richard J. Oosterhoff 9 La Politesse de L’esprit: Cartesian Pedagogy and the Ethics of Scholarly Exchanges  Raphaële Garrod 10 Postface: The Face of Ingenium: Simon Vouet’s Portrait of Descartes  Alexander Marr Bibliography Index of Names

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Book SynopsisThe Long Quarrel: Past and Present in the Eighteenth Century examines how the intellectual clashes emerging from the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns continued to reverberate until the end of the eighteenth century. This extended Quarrel was not just about the value of ancient and modern, but about historical thought in a broader sense. The tension between ancient and modern expanded into a more general tension between past and present, which were no longer seen as essentially similar, but as different in nature. Thus, a new kind of historical consciousness came into being in the Long Quarrel of the eighteenth century, which also gave rise to new ideas about knowledge, art, literature and politics. Contributors are: Jacques Bos, Anna Cullhed, Håkon Evju, Vera Faßhauer, Andrew Jainchill, Anton M. Matytsin, Iain McDaniel, Larry F. Norman, David D. Reitsam, Jan Rotmans, Friederike Voßkamp, and Christine Zabel.Table of ContentsList of Figures Notes on Contributors Part 1: The Long Quarrel 1 The Long Quarrel in the Eighteenth Century  Jacques Bos and Jan Rotmans 2 The Quarrel in the Long Eighteenth Century: From “Ancient and Modern” to “Classical and Romantic”  Larry F. Norman Part 2: Epistemology 3 The Speculative Foundations of the Quarrel: Fontenelle’s Plurality of Inhabited Worlds and the ‘Epistemology of the Uncertain’  Christine Zabel 4 The Quarrel over Chronology at the Académie des inscriptions: Ancient History, Modern Methods, and the Autonomy of the Historical Discipline  Anton M. Matytsin Part 3: Aesthetics 5 Questioning Homer’s Iliad? Different Perceptions of the Ancient World in the Pages of the Nouveau Mercure Galant  David D. Reitsam 6 Thersites Moralized: Eighteenth-Century Corrective, Apologetic and Exegetic Readings of the Second Book of Homer’s Iliad  Vera Fasshauer 7 “Horace is dead, but I am alive”: Epic Failure and Satiric Authority in Eighteenth-Century Sweden  Anna Cullhed 8 ‘Necesse est indiciis monstrare recentibus abdita rerum’: William Hogarth’s The Four Times of Day and the Challenge to Past Models in Eighteenth-Century Art  Friederike Voßkamp Part 4: Politics 9 Ochlocracy and Democracy in the “Long Quarrel”: Modern Republicanism and Its Ancient Rivals Revisited  Iain McDaniel 10 The Political Thought of Henri de Boulainvilliers Reconsidered  Andrew Jainchill 11 Between History and Political Economy: The Debate over Ancient Populousness in Eighteenth-Century Denmark-Norway  Håkon Evju Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative volume demonstrates how and to what ends the writings of Xiong Shili, Ma Yifu, Tang Junyi and Mou Zongsan adopted and repurposed conceptual models derived from the Buddhist text Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith. It shows which of the philosophical positions defended by these New Confucian philosophers were developed and sustained through engagement with the critical challenges advanced by scholars who attacked the Treatise. It also examines the extent to which twentieth-century New Confucians were aware of their intellectual debt to the Treatise and explains how they reconciled this awareness with their Confucian identity.Trade Review"The idea that Buddhism played a key role in the development of New Confucianism has long prevailed in academia, but it is not until recent years that such an idea has been critically studied through a series of monographs, mainly published by Brill. This book is one of the excellent works concerning such an important topic... This edited book does a great job of investigating the complex subject of the relationships between the Treatise on Awakening Mahayana Faith and New Confucianism. Drawing a clearer conclusion on this complicated topic will therefore become possible in the future, based on the finding of this excellent book." -King Pong Chiu, Philosophy East & West, Vol. 72, No. 3, July 2022.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction: The Awakening of Faith and New Confucian Philosophy  John Makeham 1 Setting the Scene: The Different Perspectives of Yang Wenhui and Ouyang Jingwu on the Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith as an Authoritative Statement of Mahāyāna Doctrine  John Jorgensen 2 Debates over the Buddhist Orthodoxy of the Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith in the 1920s: The Monk Taixu versus the Layman Wang Enyang  John Jorgensen 3 The Role of the Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith in the Development of Xiong Shili’s Ti-Yong Metaphysics  Sang Yu 桑雨 4 Xiong Shili and the Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith as Revealed in Record to Destroy Confusion and Make My Tenets Explicit  John Makeham 5 Xiong Shili’s Ti-Yong Metaphysics and the Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith’s “One Mind, Two Gateways” Paradigm  John Makeham 6 The “Three Greats,” “Three Changes” and “Six Arts” – Lessons Drawn from the Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith in Ma Yifu’s New Confucian Thought  Liu Leheng 劉樂恒 7 Being, Seeing, and Believing: Ontological, Epistemological, and Soteriological Commitments in Tang Junyi’s Reading of the Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith  Ady Van den Stock 8 “Authentic Feeling” and the “Two Gateways” and “Three Greats”: Tang Junyi and the Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith  Liu Leheng 劉樂恒 9 The Supreme Penultimate: The Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith According to Mou Zongsan  Jason T. Clower 10 The Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith and Philosophy of Subjectivity in Modern East Asia: An Investigation Centered on the Debate between the China Institute of Inner Learning and the New Confucians  Lin Chen-kuo 林鎮國

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Book SynopsisThe Maimonides Review is an annual collection of double-blind peer-reviewed articles, which seeks to provide a broad international arena for an intellectual exchange of ideas between the disciplines of philosophy, theology, religion, cultural history, and literature and to showcase their multifarious junctures within the framework of Jewish studies.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors What Does the Messiah Know? A Prelude to Kabbalah’s Trinity Complex  Jeremy Phillip Brown “The Last German Jew” A Perspectival Reading of Franz Rosenzweig’s Dual Identity through His Collection at the Leo Baeck Institute  Libera Pisano “The Divine Philosopher” Rebbe Pinhas of Korets’s Kabbalah as Natural Philosophy  Jeffrey G. Amshalem Questioning Traditions Readings of Annius of Viterbo’s Antiquitates in the Cinquecento: The Case of Judah Abarbanel  Maria Vittoria Comacchi Bordering Two Worlds Hillel Zeitlin’s Spiritual Diary  Jonatan Meir Scepticism in Samuel Ibn Tibbon’s Commentary on Ecclesiastes (Peruš Qohelet)  Rebecca Kneller-Rowe The Forgotten Branch Mediators of Philosophical Knowledge in Eastern European Jewish Thought  Isaac Slater Spinoza’s Moral Scepticism An Overview of Giuseppe Rensi’s Interpretation  Michela Torbidoni Mobility and Creativity David de’ Pomis and the Place of the Jews in Renaissance Italy  Guido Bartolucci The Language of Truth The Śefat Emet Association (Salonica 1890) and Its Taqqanot (Bylaws)  Tamir Karkason

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Book SynopsisThe volume offers the first large-scale study of the teaching of Descartes’s philosophy in the early modern age. Its twenty chapters explore the clash between Descartes’s “new” philosophy and the established pedagogical practices and institutional concerns, as well as the various strategies employed by Descartes’s supporters in order to communicate his ideas to their students. The volume considers a vast array of topics, sources, and institutions, across the borders of countries and confessions, both within and without the university setting (public conferences, private tutorials, distance learning by letter) and enables us thereby to reconsider from a fresh perspective the history of early modern philosophy and education.Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Abbreviations Introduction  Davide Cellamare and Mattia Mantovani 1 Descartes and the Classroom  Theo Verbeek 2 The Philosophical Fulcrum of Seventeenth-Century Leiden: Pedagogical Innovation and Philosophical Novelty in Adriaan Heereboord  Howard Hotson 3 Teaching Cartesian Philosophy in Leiden: Adriaan Heereboord (1613–1661) and Johannes De Raey (1622–1702)  Antonella Del Prete 4 Reassessing Johannes De Raey’s Aristotelian-Cartesian Synthesis: The Copenhagen Manuscript Annotata in Principia philosophica (1658)  Domenico Collacciani 5 “Let Descartes Speak Dutch”: Spinoza’s Circle Teaching Cartesianism  Henri Krop 6 Patronage as a Means to End a University Controversy: The Conclusion of Two Cartesian Disputes at Frankfurt an der Oder (1656 and 1660)  Pietro Daniel Omodeo 7 Cartesian and Anti-Cartesian Disputations and Corollaries at Utrecht University, 1650–1670  Erik-Jan Bos 8 Between Descartes and Boyle: Burchard de Volder’s Experimental Lectures at Leiden, 1676–1678  Andrea Strazzoni 9 Medicine and the Mind in the Teaching of Theodoor Craanen (1633–1688)  Davide Cellamare 10 Cartesius Triumphatus: Gerard de Vries and Opposing Descartes at the University of Utrecht  Daniel Garber 11 Debating Cartesian Philosophy on Both Sides of the Channel: Johannes Schuler’s (1619–1674) Plea for libertas philosophandi  Igor Agostini 12 Descartes by Letter—Teaching Cartesianism in Mid-Seventeenth-Century Cambridge: Henry More, Thomas Clarke and Anne Conway  Sarah Hutton 13 Teaching Descartes’s Ethics in London and Cambridge  Roger Ariew 14 Teaching Magnetism in a Cartesian World, 1650–1700  Christoph Sander 15 The Anatomy of a Condemnation: Descartes’s Theory of Perception and the Louvain Affair, 1637–1671  Mattia Mantovani 16 Descartes’s Theory of Tides in the Louvain Classroom, 1670–1760  Carla Rita Palmerino 17 Traces of the Port-Royal Logic in the Louvain Logic Curricula  Steven Coesemans 18 Cartesianism and the Education of Women  Marie-Frédérique Pellegrin 19 Rohault’s Private Lessons on Cosmology  Mihnea Dobre 20 French Cartesianisms in the 1690s: The Textbooks of Regis and Pourchot  Tad M. Schmaltz Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhat is the nature of the ‘laws’ that Marx and Engels sought to formulate for the development of capitalism? How to understand and judge Engels's attempt to formulate a general philosophy and worldview? These are the questions highlighted in this magnificent work that situates Marx and Engels’s writing against the background of the entire nineteenth-century world of scientific problems, from physics to historiography. One of the major contributions to scholarship on Marx, Engels and nineteenth-century science, Liedman’s work is here presented in English translation and with a new preface by the author.Table of ContentsPreface to the English Translation The Game of Contradictions Foreword Introduction Part One 1 Back to Hegel 2 The Rational Method 3 Engels on Marx and Hegel 4 The Encounter with the Natural Sciences Part Two 5 The Return of the Systems 6 Conservation of Energy, and Systems 7 Darwinism: Hypothesis or Worldview? 8 The Human Sciences 9 Facts and Laws about Humanity 10 Texts, Structures and Systems Part Three 11 Engels’s Four Periods 12 The Literary Sources 13 The Direct Inspirations 14 Theory and Empiricism: The Three Tendencies 15 Inorganic Nature 16 Biology and Human Science Part Four 17 Ideology and Science 18 The Debates on Darwinism and Socialism 19 Engels and Ideology Sources and Literature Index of Subjects

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Book SynopsisIn this erudite book, Ian Adamson provides a comprehensive history of Gresham College in the seventeenth century, particularly its contribution to the intellectual, educational, and administrative life of London and England. He analyses its relationship with the Tudor and Stuart courts, the Corporation of London, the universities, and the Royal Society, and assesses the quality and effectiveness of all the professors elected during this period. Finally, he explains the presence in the College of Ben Jonson and Sir Kenelm Digby, why it is likely that Shakespeare was often in attendance, and the enduring impact of John Ward’s collective biography of the professors.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures Introduction 1 Origins: The Influence of Sir Thomas and Lady Gresham, 1565–1596  1 Introduction  2 Fame: Sir Thomas Gresham and the Conception of Gresham College 1565–1579  3 Family: Lady Gresham and the Gestation of Gresham College  4 Conclusion 2 The Birth of Gresham College, Part 1: The Committee, the Property and the Income  1 The Committee  2 The Property  3 The Income  4 Conclusion 3 The Birth of Gresham College, Part 2: The Committee and the Professors 1597–1601  1 Introduction  2 Election: The Appointment of the Foundation Professors, 1597  3 Direction: The Academic and Administrative Regulation of the College, 1597–1601  4 Rejection: The Response of the Professors to the Regulation of the College, 1597–1601 4 A Fragile Truce: The Professors and the Trustees 1600–1640  1 Introduction  2 A Malleable Institution? 5 Patronage and Pluralism 1597–1660  1 Introduction  2 Royal and Aristocratic Patronage  3 University Patronage  4 The Gresham Committee 6 Gresham College 1640–1660: Disaster  1 Introduction  2 The Trustees and National Events  3 Gresham College 1640–1660: Appropriation  4 Gresham College 1640–1660: Elections  5 Gresham College 1640–1662: Criticism and Demands for Change 7 Gresham College 1660–1710: From the Restoration to the Departure of the Royal Society  1 Introduction  2 Part 1. Tragedy: The immediate Impact of the Great Fire on the Gresham Trusts  3 Part 2. Farce: The Trustees and the Professors 1660–1700 3.1 Part 2, 1: The Aftermath of the Great Fire, 1666–1680 3.2 Part 2, 2: Robert Hooke on Gresham College, 1672–1680 3.3 Part 2, 3: John Flamsteed on Gresham College 1680–1684 3.4 Part 2, 4: The Slide into Crisis 1684–1686  4 Part 3. Redemption? Gresham College and the Royal Society 1660–1699  5 Part 4. Failure: The College and Reform, 1699–1710  6 Conclusion 8 The Professors 1597–1710  1 Introduction  2 The Chair of Geometry 2.1 Henry Briggs (bap.1561–d.1631): Professor 1597–1620 2.2 Peter Turner (1586–1652): Professor 1620–1631 2.3 John Greaves (1602–1652): Professor 1631–1643 2.4 Ralph Button (1611/12–1680): Professor 1643–1648 2.5 Daniel Whistler (1618/19–1684): Professor 1648–1657 2.6 Lawrence Rooke (1619/20–1662): Professor 1657–1662 2.7 Isaac Barrow (1630–1677): Professor 1662–1664 2.8 Arthur Dacres (bap. 1624 – d. 1678): Professor 1664–1665 2.9 Robert Hooke (1635–1703): Professor 1665–1703 2.10 Andrew Tooke (bap.1673 – d.1732): Professor 1704–1729  3 The Chair of Astronomy 3.1 Edward Brerewood (1565–1613): Professor 1597–1613 3.2 Thomas Williams (c. 1582 – after 1620): Professor 1613–1620 3.3 Edmund Gunter (1581–1626): Professor 1620–1626 3.4 Henry Gellibrand (1597–1637): Professor 1626–1637 3.5 Samuel Foster (c. 1600–1652): Professor 1637 (March to November) and 1641–1652 3.6 Mungo Murray (1599–1670): Professor 1637–1641 3.7 Lawrence Rooke (1619/20–1662): Professor 1652–1657 3.8 Christopher Wren (1632–1723): Professor 1657–1661 3.9 Walter Pope (1628–1714): Professor 1661–1687 3.10 Daniel Man (c. 1665–1723): Professor 1687–1691 3.11 Alexander Torriano (1667–1716): Professor 1691–1713  4 The Chair of Physic 4.1 Matthew Gwinne. (1558–1627): Professor: 1597–1607 4.2 Peter Mounsell (c.1570–1615): Professor: 1607–1615 4.3 Thomas Winston (1575–1655): Professor: 1615–1642 and 1652–1655 4.4 Paul de Laune (1585–1655?): Professor 1643–1652 4.5 Jonathan Goddard (1617–1675): Professor 1655–1675 4.6 John Mapletoft (1631–1721): Professor 1675–1679 4.7 Henry Paman (1623–1695): Professor 1679–1689 4.8 Edward Stillingfleet (1661–1708): Professor 1689–1693 4.9 John Woodward (1665–1728): Professor 1693–1728  5 The Chair of Divinity 5.1 Anthony Wotton (1561–1626): Professor 1597–8 5.2 Hugh (Hugo) Gray (c.1559–1604): Professor 1598–1604 5.3 William Dakins (1568–1607): Professor 1604–1607 5.4 George Mountayne (1569–1628): Professor 1607–1610 5.5 William Osbolston (c.1578–1645): Professor 1610–1612 5.6 Samuel Brooke (1575–1631): Professor 1612–1629 5.7 Richard Holdsworth (1590–1649): Professor 1629–1641 5.8 Thomas Horton (c.1606–1673): Professor 1641–1661 5.9 George Gifford (c.1623–1686): Professor 1661–1686 5.10 Henry Wells (c.1660-?): Professor 1686–1691 5.11 Edward Lany (c. 1665–1728): Professor 1691–1728  6 The Chair of Law 6.1 Henry Mountlow (c.1554–1634): Professor 1597–1607 6.2 Clement Corbet (1576–1652): Professor 1607–1613 6.3 Thomas Eden (c. 1577–1645): Professor 1613–40 6.4 Benjamin Thorneton (1613–1667): Professor 1640–1644 and 1660–1667 6.5 Joshua Cross (1615–1676): Professor 1644–1649 6.6 Thomas Leonard (c. 1599–1659): Professor 1649–1650 6.7 John Bond (1612–1676): Professor 1650–1660 6.8 Richard Pearson (1630–1670): Professor 1667–1670 6.9 John Clarke (c.1625–1672): Professor 1670–1672 6.10 Roger Meredith (c.1637–1700): Professor 1673–1687 6.11 Robert Briggs (1660–1718): Professor 1687–1718  7 The Chair of Music 7.1 John Bull (1559x1563–1628): Professor 1597–1607 7.2 Thomas Clayton (1575–1647): Professor 1607–1610 7.3 John Taverner (1584–1638): Professor 1610–1638 7.4 Richard Knight (c.1610–c.1651): Professor 1638–1651 7.5 William Petty (1623–1687): Professor 1651–1661 7.6 Thomas Baines (c.1622–1681): Professor 1661–1681 7.7 William Perry (c. 1651–1696): Professor 1681–1696 7.8 John Newey (1664–1735): Professor 1696–1705 7.9 Robert Shippen (1675–1745): Professor 1705–1710  8 Chair of Rhetoric 8.1 Caleb Willis (c.1567–c.1598): Professor 1597–8 8.2 Richard Ball (c. 1550–?): Professor 1598–1614 8.3 Charles Croke (c. 1587–1657): Professor 1614–1619 8.4 Henry Croke (c. 1596–1642): Professor 1619–1627 8.5 Edward Wilkinson (1607–?): Professor 1627–1638 8.6 John Goodridge (c.1581–1654): Professor 1638–1654 8.7 Richard Hunt (c.1628–1690): Professor 1654–9 8.8 William Croone (1633–1684): Professor 1659–1670 8.9 Henry Jenkes (d. 1697): Professor 1670–1676 8.10 John King (??): Professor 1676–1686 8.11 Charles Gresham (c. 1663–1718): Professor 1686–1696 8.12 Edward Martyn (c. 1671–1720): Professor 1696–1720  9 Conclusion 9 Gresham College, Four Persons of Interest: Benjamin Jonson, William Shakespeare, Sir Kenelm Digby and Doctor John Ward  1 Introduction  2 Benjamin Jonson ‘of Gresham College’ 2.1 Introduction  3 William Shakespeare, Matthew Gwinne and Gresham College: Did Shakespeare Cross the Road? 3.1 Introduction  4 Aubrey’s Bearded Recluse: Sir Kenelm Digby and Gresham College, 1633 and After 4.1 Aubrey’s Brief Life of Digby: Provenance and Corroboration 4.2 Corroboration by Contemporary Letters or Other Documentation? 4.3 The Influence of Aubrey’s Story on Biographers and Historians 4.4 What Was Digby Doing between 1633 and 1635? 4.5 Aubrey’s Error: Digby, Hunneades and Gresham College after 1635 4.6 Conclusion  5 Dr John Ward. Gresham College: ‘So Noble a Design’ Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWei Shi’s well-crafted study weaves together historical context, ideological complexities, and insightful case studies on Confucian metaphysics, ethics, and politics. Engagingly written, it seamlessly bridges the gap between universal and nationalist (particular) perspectives, offering a rich tapestry of ideas and satisfying unity. Shi describes the profound impact of Confucian revival on China's cultural identity. She argues that Confucian ideas continue to shape China's trajectory in an ever-changing world. Specialists, graduate students, and enthusiasts will find this work an invaluable resource in understanding the multifaceted landscape of China’s Confucian revival in the twenty-first century. Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Introduction  1 Objectives of the Study  2 Research Methods  3 What Is Confucianism?  4 Chapter Outlines 1 The Revival of Guoxue and the Rise of Wenhua Zijue  1 Guoxue and Its Development over the Past Century  2 Awakening of Wenhua Zijue and Contemporary China’s Confucian Revival  3 Concluding Remarks 2 Confucian Philosophy and Universal Values—Chen Lai’s “Humaneness-Based Ontology”  1 The Legitimacy of “Chinese Philosophy”  2 Contemporary Reconstruction of Ren-Based Philosophy  3 A Critical Development of Earlier Philosophical Systems  4 Confucian Philosophy and Universal Values  5 Concluding Remarks 3 Confucian Affection and a Global Ethic: a Contemporary Debate on Confucian Ethics  1 An Overview of the Debate  2 Two Main Themes in the Debate  3 Concluding Remarks 4 Return to Kang Youwei: a New Trend Among “Mainland New Confucians”  1 An Increasing Interest in Kang Youwei’s Political Thought  2 Return to Kang Youwei’s Problematique  3 Main Arguments and Advocacies of the Kang Clique  4 Criticisms and Responses  5 Concluding Remarks  6 Conclusion Works Cited

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Book SynopsisWith figures such as Fichte, Schelling, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Feuerbach, Marx, Engels, and Nietzsche, the nineteenth century was a dynamic time of philosophical development. The period made lasting contributions to several fields of philosophy. Moreover, it paved the way for the development of the social sciences at the turn of the twentieth century. This volume is dedicated to exploring the rich tradition of nineteenth-century Continental philosophy in its different areas with the main purpose of highlighting the importance of this tradition in the development of the leading streams of thought of the twentieth and twenty-first century.

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