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Harvard University Press Tales of the Mighty Dead
Book SynopsisA work in the history of systematic philosophy that is itself animated by a systematic philosophic aspiration, this book by one of the most prominent American philosophers working today provides an entirely new way of looking at the development of Western philosophy from Descartes to the present.Trade ReviewJust as Kant managed to recast a good bit of the history of philosophy as a struggle between rationalism and empiricism (thus leading to his synthesis of the two), Brandom has recast a substantial portion of modern philosophy as a struggle over the consequences of inferentialist approaches. The way he shows that there is a coherent line to he traced from Leibniz to Spinoza to Kant to Hegel to Frege to Heidegger to Wittgenstein to Sellars is brilliant; it will quite naturally also he controversial (in all the best senses). This is one of those books that will force even the people who disagree most with him to have to take his position all the more seriously. If nothing else, this shows that the usual ways of drawing the (by now tired) "continental/analytic" distinctions are in serious need of rethinking. Brandom's is an original voice. Brandom's work, obviously analytical in orientation, also claims to take its inspirations from figures normally shunned in analytic circles. This makes him a key figure in the effort to "overcome" the dichotomy. -- Terry Pinkard * Northwestern University *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Five Conceptions of Rationality PART ONE. TALKING WITH A TRADITION 1. Contexts I.
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Harvard University Press The Logical Alien
Book SynopsisIs our logical form of thought merely one among many, or must it be the form of thought as such? From Kant to Wittgenstein, philosophers have wrestled with variants of this question. This volume brings together nine distinguished thinkers on the subject, including James Conant, author of the seminal paper “The Search for Logically Alien Thought.”Trade ReviewThis book is remarkable in its content, unique in its form, and innovative in its understanding of philosophical methodology. The essays in Part I provoke a lively dialogue. In his replies in Part II, Conant shows us the multiplicity of ways in which, in doing the history of philosophy, we blind ourselves to some philosophical possibility. In doing so, he enables us to see over and again a deep truth about the nature of philosophy and why it is difficult. The result is an exceptionally interesting and original work—one that is not so much an outstanding contribution to some ‘field’ within philosophy as a work capable of reshaping what one takes philosophy to be. -- Cora Diamond, author of Reading Wittgenstein with Anscombe, Going On to EthicsThis extraordinary book constitutes nothing less than a philosophical engagement with the history of fundamental conceptions of logic from Descartes to Leibniz, through Kant and Frege, to early and later Wittgenstein—an engagement that explores different ways of conceiving this history, different ways of conceiving what logic is, what thought and judgment are, as well as what knowledge is and how it relates to thought and judgment. There is a distinctive form of philosophical self-engagement that characterizes Conant’s remarkable ‘Replies’ in Part II. No reader can enter into this mode of self-engagement—this manner of working through layers of understanding and misunderstanding, layers of criticism and self-clarification—without herself becoming fruitfully entangled in the very kind of philosophical activity that these ‘Replies’ seek to exemplify. These pages are filled with nuances in conceptual clarification, a wealth of philosophical distinctions, and a level of rigor in philosophical reflection that is rarely found on our philosophical planet. This book will hold a singular place in the contemporary philosophical landscape. -- Andrea Kern, author of Sources of KnowledgeA carefully written and cleverly argued exploration of both historical and contemporary issues in the philosophy of logic. * Choice *
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Harvard University Press Immanuel Kants Groundwork for the Metaphysics of
Book SynopsisA defining work of moral philosophy, Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals has been highly influential and famously difficult. Dieter Schönecker and Allen Wood make clear the ways this work forms the basis of our modern moral outlook and how moral law relates to freedom and free will within Kant’s overall philosophy.Trade ReviewDieter Schönecker and Allen W. Wood highlight in this book Kant’s most important and moving ideas, above all his idea of the incomparable worth of human autonomy, while pulling no punches about the shortcomings of Kant’s arguments. They carefully explicate and disambiguate Kant’s central concepts and discuss in detail the most notorious problems of interpretation. Kant’s little book is dense and obscure at some of the most crucial points. Students always need a commentary, and this one is very welcome indeed. -- Paul Guyer, Brown University
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Harvard University Press The Place of Prejudice
Book SynopsisWe associate prejudice with ignorance and bigotry and consider it a source of injustice. Can prejudice have a legitimate place in moral and political judgment? Adam Sandel shows that prejudice, properly understood, is not an obstacle to clear thinking but an essential aspect of it. The aspiration to reason without preconceptions is misguided.Trade ReviewA remarkable, deeply humanizing book… [Sandel] points out that those who claim to have rid themselves of prejudice are, without exception, kidding themselves, even setting themselves up to be more susceptible to prejudice by creating a fictitious realm in which they are immune to it… Today researchers are assembling an ever-longer list of what they consider cognitive biases, which are apparently the product of a jumble of cognitive mechanisms that evolution has snatched up and crammed uncomfortably together. A new philosophical effort is needed to account for the findings of this science, and to challenge its shortcomings. Efforts like the one undertaken in The Place of Prejudice will be vital to this task. -- Ari N. Schulman * New Atlantis *Even those familiar with the points it makes will enjoy the sweep of its review across the history of philosophy and take pleasure in…its eloquence. -- Georgia Warnke * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Adam Sandel’s book presents ‘the prejudice against prejudice’ and then the case against it in a clear and eloquent manner. The case still needs to be made to English-speaking audiences in a way that can be widely understood, and this text can do it. It would serve a great need in today’s Anglophone philosophical world. -- Charles Taylor, author of A Secular AgeA sweeping, ambitious, original, and provocative work. It takes on not a thinker or a theory, but a way of thinking that represents the achievement of modernity and the mark of intellectual and moral integrity: the capacity to liberate ourselves from prejudice and to see things objectively. Prejudice in fact is inescapable, on this account, and is a necessary starting point for practical reason. This is an ambitious book that makes good on its ambition. -- Russell Muirhead, author of Just WorkThe book is bold and invigorating. Sandel takes aim at one of the bedrock creeds of Western modernity: that genuine rationality requires the dismissal of all cultural, religious, and other contextual presuppositions—that is, the exodus from ‘prejudice’ (pejoratively construed). As is well known, Hans-Georg Gadamer in his Truth and Method had famously denounced the modern ‘prejudice against prejudice.’ Although circulating among some philosophers, Gadamer’s challenge was rarely taken to heart by social and political theorists—until Sandel’s book…There is a plethora of important insights and valuable situated judgments which readers will be able to savor in thecourse of a careful reading of the text… No doubt, the main achievement of the text is the retrieval of prejudgment or pre-understanding as a precondition of knowledge and action. -- Fred Dallmayr * Political Theory *Political theorists interested in deliberation, reasoning, and social differences will find much to learn from this argument; and the book as a whole is most certainly an important contribution to ongoing discussions about justice and fairness in pluralistic societies. -- Lars Tønder * Perspectives on Politics *
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Harvard University Press The Virtues and Vices of Speech
Book SynopsisGiovanni Pontano, best known today as a Latin poet, also composed popular prose dialogues and essays. The De sermone, translated into English here for the first time as The Virtues and Vices of Speech, provides a moral anatomy of aspects of speech such as truthfulness, deception, flattery, gossip, bargaining, irony, wit, and ridicule.
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Princeton University Press The Invisible World
Book SynopsisFocusing on the earliest forays into microscopical research, from 1620 to 1720, this book provides technological history of the knowledge that helped launch philosophy into the modern era. It argues that the discovery of microworld presented metaphysicians with the task of reconciling the ubiquity of life with human-centered theological systems.Trade ReviewWinner of the 1996 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Biological Science, Association of American Publishers "A very stimulating discussion of the interplay between scientific theory and scientific instrumentation, in the context of an instrument with which most feel familiar... Fully documented and intensively argued."--Brian Bracegirdle, New Scientist "Wilson shows that microscopic observations reinforced the contemporary idea of the 'living machine'--that is, a reductionist view of nature. And therein lies the ultimate paradox of our machine-driven science: the essence of our natural world remains hidden despite our increasingly sophisticated scientific technology."--Willem Hackmann, Nature "The Invisible World is a welcome step toward a renewed appreciation of classical light microscopy."--Nicolas Rasmussen, Contemporary Sociology "This is an important work. It breaks new ground, and it forces us to reassess some of our most cherished assumptions about the scientific revolution."--Joseph C. Pitt, Journal of the History of Biology "Wilson's book is a delightful work of immense scholarship."--Steven Shapin, American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsPreface1Science and Protoscience32The Subtlety of Nature393Instruments and Applications704Preexistent and Emergent Form1035Animalcula and the Theory of Animate Contagion1406The Philosophers and the Microscope1767The Microscope Superfluous and Uncertain2158Truths and Appearances251Bibliography257Index273
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Princeton University Press Popper Selections
Book SynopsisThese excerpts from the writings of Sir Karl Popper are an outstanding introduction to one of the most controversial of living philosophers, known especially for his devastating criticisms of Plato and Marx and for his uncompromising rejection of inductive reasoning. David Miller, a leading expositor and critic of Popper''s work, has chosen thirty selections that illustrate the profundity and originality of his ideas and their applicability to current intellectual and social problems. Miller''s introduction demonstrates the remarkable unity of Popper''s thought and briefly describes his philosophy of critical rationalism, a philosophy that is distinctive in its emphasis on the way in which we learn through the making and correcting of mistakes.Popper has relentlessly challenged both the authority and the appeal to authority of the most fashionable philosophies of our time. This book of selections from his nontechnical writings on the theory of knowledge, the philosopTrade Review"These pieces taken from Anglo-Austrian philosopher Sir Karl Popper's brilliantly expounded oeuvre of political, social, and scientific thought should stimulate anyone seriously interested in twentieth-century ideas."--The Washington Post
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Princeton University Press Available Light
Book SynopsisOffers insightful discussions of concepts such as nation, identity, country, and self, with a reminder that like symbols in general, their meanings are not categorically fixed but grow and change through time and place. This book treats the reader to an analysis of the American intellectual climate by someone who did much to shape it.Trade Review"Available Light reflects an eminent scholar's mature insights into the state of anthropology after it has lost much of its former prestige..."--Library Journal "An important contribution to how we think and live in the world today."--Publishers Weekly "This is a provocative look at the human race (and the study thereof) by a man who has seen more of it than most."--Kirkus Reviews "The essays and personal history contained in Available Light distill the continuing vitality, honesty, and acumen of an intellectual... [Geertz's] clarity, humor, and insight never give way to the flattened tone of pedagogue."--Paul-Jonathan Benson, The Boston Book Review "Mr. Geertz's most recent collection of papers and lectures ... makes the peculiarities of his profession still more pronounced. What, he asks, is anthropology really about? ... Isn't the anthropologist doomed to misinterpret another culture? Is any universal judgement possible? ... So the anthropologist stands at a troubled crossroads... In one direction is the world of culture, diverse and unimaginably complex; in the other is the world of nature, immutable and universal."--Edward Rothstein, New York Times "Lucid, provocative and playful... The book is impeccably written--droll, animated, and bright in both senses of the word--and should enlighten lay readers as well as specialists."--Lionel Shriver, The Guardian "Available Light is deeply moving."--T.M. Luhrmann, Times Literary Supplement "Anthropology has never been so central or so widely read within the academy; and anthropologists have never been so insecure. In this context of moral insecurity, Available Light is deeply moving."--T. M. Luhrmann, Times Literary Supplement "I am a fan of Geertz because he is one of the world's most effective proponents of cultural, moral, and scientific pluralism... His new book ... is a welcome, predictably fascinating, and very elucidative exposition of Geertz's brand of pluralism... Gripping."--Richard A. Shweder, Science "Geertz once again makes an important contribution to how we think and live in the world today."--Publishers Weekly "This book is impeccably written--droll, animated, and bright in both senses of the word--and should enlighten lay readers as well as specialists... Lucid, provocative, and playful."--Lionel Shriver, GuardianTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xv I. Passage and Accident: A Life of Learning 3 Overture 3 The Bubble 3 Changing the Subject 11 Waiting Time 19 II. Thinking as a Moral Act: Ethical Dimensions of Anthropological Fieldwork in the New States 21 III. Anti Anti-Relativism 42 IV. The Uses of Diversity 68 V. The State of the Art 89 Waddling In 89 Culture War 97 Deep Hanging Out 107 History and Anthropology 118 "Local Knowledge" and Its Limits 133 VI. The Strange Estrangement: Charles Taylor and the Natural Sciences 143 VII. The Legacy of Thomas Kuhn: The Right Text at the Right Time 160 VIII. The Pinch of Destiny: Religion as Experience, Meaning, Identity, Power 167 IX. Imbalancing Act: Jerome Bruner's Cultural Psychology 187 X. Culture, Mind, Brain / Brain, Mind, Culture 203 XI.The World in Pieces: Culture and Politics at the End of the Century 218 The World in Pieces 218 What Is a Country if It Is Not a Nation? 231 What Is a Culture if It Is Not a Consensus? 240 Index 205
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Princeton University Press Mathematics in Ancient Egypt
Book SynopsisMathematics in Ancient Egypt traces the development of Egyptian mathematics, from the end of the fourth millennium BC--and the earliest hints of writing and number notation--to the end of the pharaonic period in Greco-Roman times. Drawing from mathematical texts, architectural drawings, administrative documents, and other sources, Annette ImhausenTrade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016 "Imhausen's book is a superb introduction into the field of mathematics in ancient Egypt. She has an incredible mastery of the source material and writes it in an objective way... A fascinating introduction to Egyptian mathematics ... and I would recommend it to anyone interested in the history of mathematics, egyptology, or Egyptian culture."--Alex Criddle, Ancient History Encyclopedia "The book is well written and informative, with copious references to direct readers in further study of this fascinating area of mathematics history."--ChoiceTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Preface, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 1*1.The Invention of Writing and Number Notation, pg. 11*2. The Egyptian Number System, pg. 18*3. Uses of Numbers and their Contexts in Predynastic and Early Dynastic Times, pg. 22*4. Summary, pg. 29*5. The Cultural Context of Egyptian Mathematics in the Old Kingdom, pg. 31*6. Metrological Systems, pg. 41*7. Notation of Fractions, pg. 52*8. Summary, pg. 55*9. Mathematical Texts (I): The Mathematical Training of Scribes, pg. 57*10. Foundation of Mathematics, pg. 84*11. Mathematics in Practice and Beyond, pg. 102*12. New Kingdom Mathematical Texts: Ostraca Senmut 153 and Turin 57170, pg. 127*13. Two Examples of Administrative Texts, pg. 133*14. Mathematics in Literature, pg. 143*15. Further Aspects of Mathematics from New Kingdom Sources, pg. 157*16. Summary, pg. 177*17. Mathematical Texts (II): Tradition, Transmission, Development, pg. 179*18. Conclusion: Egyptian Mathematics in Historical Perspective, pg. 205*Bibliography, pg. 209*Subject Index, pg. 225*Egyptian Words and Phrases Index, pg. 231*Index of Mathematical Texts, pg. 233
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Princeton University Press Between Two Worlds
Book SynopsisPresents a commentary on - and reinterpretation of - the founding work of modern philosophy, "Descartes' Meditations". This title provides a reading of the text, giving an account of the positions against which Descartes was reacting, and revealing anew the unity, meaning, and originality of the Meditations.Trade Review"Between Two Worlds displays a very strong and textually based reading. It would have enormous value to those with a serious interest in understanding Descartes."--Michael Pereira, Metapsychology.net "Carriero offers a powerful and controversial explanation... Because of its systematic ability to deepen our understanding of every aspect of the Meditations, Between Two Worlds sets the standard for interpretations of the Meditations for the foreseeable future."--Michael Della Rocca, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "Like the best philosophical writing, Carriero's book constantly stimulates reflections that take us beyond the minutiae of textual interpretation to wider philosophical (and indeed theological) issues. This is not to say that the work is lacking in scholarly detail; on the contrary, it is marked from first to last by the most meticulous attention to the text... [Carriero] creates for the reader a delightful sense of being alone with Descartes as he wrestles with Aquinas--a contest of champions, beautifully described."--John Cottingham, Mind "Between Two Worlds is a real achievement: a wonderful combination of philosophical insight and close textual analysis; from now on an essential vade mecum for any serious reader of the Meditations."--RogerWoolhouse, European LegacyTable of ContentsPreface ix Note on Translations xv Introduction 1 Chapter 1: The First Meditation 27 Chapter 2: The Second Meditation 65 Chapter 3: (I) The Third Meditation: The Truth Rule and the "Chief and Most Common Mistake" 128 Chapter 3: (II) The Third Meditation: Two Demonstrations of God's Existence 168 Chapter 4: The Fourth Meditation 223 Chapter 5: The Fifth Meditation 280 Chapter 6: The Sixth Meditation 359 Notes 427 Bibliography 489 Index Locorum 495 Subject Index 505
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Princeton University Press Kierkegaards Journals and Notebooks Volume 3
Book SynopsisSoren Kierkegaard (1813-55) published an extraordinary number of works during his lifetime, but he left behind nearly as much unpublished writing, most of which consists of what are called his "journals and notebooks." This title includes Kierkegaard's extensive notes on lectures.Trade Review"[T]he new series Kierkegaard's Journals and Notebooks, which aims to become the standard English version of Kierkegaard's papers, journals, and notebooks ... is certainly well positioned to achieve this goal... [T]his volume is an excellent addition to an excellent series. It is a rich resource for English-language Kierkegaard scholars, and reason to look forward to future volumes with great anticipation."--Brian Gregor, Philosophy in Review "The attention to detail in this work is at times astonishing... As befits a library volume of this type, it is encyclopedic rather than analytic: the critical accounts are essentially summaries of content and context, rather than interpretative discussions."--Thomas Grimwood, European Legacy "For all of his lyricism, many of Kierkegaard's works project themselves as an impenetrable fortress of abstractions. These magnificently translated journals are a tunnel beneath the moat of that fortress. They capture the unpackaged and unbuttoned Kierkegaard and thus provide a stimulus to anyone intent on understanding a religious author who could well be reckoned a Luther of Lutheranism."--Gordon Marino, Christian Century "These new critical editions do an excellent job of making Kierkegaard's journals and notebooks available in all their richness."--Brian Gregor, Elizabeth C. Shaw and StaffTable of ContentsIntroduction vii Notebook 1 Notebook 2 83 Notebook 3 93 Notebook 4 123 Notebook 5 169 Notebook 6 185 Notebook 7 199 Notebook 8 217 Notebook 9 241 Notebook 10 279 Notebook 11 301 Notebook 12 367 Notebook 13 379 Notebook 14 421 Notebook 15 427 Notes for Notebook 1 447 Notes for Notebook 2 491 Notes for Notebook 3 511 Notes for Notebook 4 525 Notes for Notebook 5 551 Notes for Notebook 6 565 Notes for Notebook 7 585 Notes for Notebook 8 603 Notes for Notebooks 9 and 10 621 Notes for Notebook 11 657 Notes for Notebook 12 715 Notes for Notebook 13 729 Notes for Notebook 14 765 Notes for Notebook 15 773 Maps 789 Calendar 799 Concordance 819
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Princeton University Press The Point of View
Book SynopsisPresents the author's story of a lifetime of writing and his understanding of the maze of greatly varied works that make up his oeuvre.Trade Review"These new translations are excellent."--Choice "The definitive edition of the Writings. The first volume ... indicates the scholarly value of the entire series: an introduction setting the work in the context of Kierkegaard's development; a remarkably clear translation; and concluding sections of intelligent notes."--Library JournalTable of ContentsHISTORICAL INTRODUCTION On My Work as an Author The Accounting APPENDIX My Position as a Religious Author in "Christendom" and My Strategy The Point of View for My Work as an Author Introduction Part One A. The Equivocalness or Duplexity in the Whole Authorship, Whether the Author Is an Esthetic or a Religious Author B. The Explanation: That the Author Is and Was a Religious Author Part Two THE AUTHORSHIP VIEWED AS A WHOLE, AND FROM THE POINT OF VIEW THAT THE AUTHOR IS A RELIGIOUS AUTHOR CHAPTER I A. The Esthetic Writing Why the beginning was made with esthetic writing, or what this writing, understood in the totality, signifies 1. "Christendom" is an enormous illusion 2. If one is truly to succeed in leading a person to a specific place, one must first and foremost take care to find him where he is and begin there 3. The illusion that religion and Christianity are something to which one turns only when one becomes older 4. Even though a person refuses to go along to the place to which one is endeavoring to lead him, there is still one thing that can be done for him: compel him to become aware 5. All the esthetic writing seen in the totality of the writing is a deception, but understood in a singular way B. Concluding Postscript C. The Religious Writing Conclusion CHAPTER II The Dissimilarity of My Personal Existing Corresponding to the Dissimilar Nature of the Writing A. Personal Existing in Relation to the Esthetic Writing B. Personal Existing in Relation to the Religious Writing CHAPTER III Governance's Part in My Authorship EPILOGUE CONCLUSION SUPPLEMENT "The Single Individual" Two "Notes" Concerning My Work as an Author Preface No. 1 For the Dedication to "That Single Individual" No.2 A Word on the Relation of My Work as an Author to "The Single Individual" Postscript Postscript to the "Two Notes" Armed Neutrality SUPPLEMENT Key to References Original Title Page of On My Work as an Author Original Title Page of The Point of View for My Work as an Author Selected Entries from Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers Pertaining to On My Work as an Author and The Point of View for My Work as an Author First Manuscript Page of Armed Neutrality Selected Entries from Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers Pertaining to Armed Neutrality EDITORIAL APPENDIX Acknowledgments Collation of On My Work as an Author in the Danish Editions of Kierkegaard's Collected Works Collation of The Point of View for My Work as an Author in the Danish Editions of Kierkegaard's Collected Works Notes Bibliographical Note Index
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Princeton University Press Letters and Documents
Book SynopsisProvides an English translation of all the known correspondence to and from Soren Kierkegaard, including a number of his letters in draft form and papers pertaining to his life and death. This work offers access to the character and lifework of the gifted philosopher, theologian, and psychologist.Trade Review"These new translations are excellent."--Choice "The definitive edition of the Writings. The first volume ... indicates the scholarly value of the entire series: an introduction setting the work in the context of Kierkegaard's development; a remarkably clear translation; and concluding sections of intelligent notes."--Library JournalTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Correspondence Register, pg. vii*Chronology, pg. ix*Foreword, pg. xvii*Translator's Preface, pg. xxvii*I. Baptismal Certificate, pg. 3*II. Copy from the Baptismal Records [1813], pg. 3*III. Certificate of Vaccination, pg. 3*IV. Copy from the Confirmation Records and Certificate of Confirmation, pg. 4*V. School Evaluation, pg. 4*VI. School Testimony, pg. 5*VII. Transcript of artium examination, pg. 7*VIII. Letter of Admission to the Academic Community, pg. 8*IX. Certificate of Medical Discharge from the Military, pg. 8*X. Transcript of the Second Examination, 1 Parts One and Two, pg. 9*XI. Petition for Examination, pg. 9*XII. From the Theological Examination Records, pg. 10*XIII. Recommendation by Michael Nielsen, pg. 16*XIV. From the Records of the Pastoral Seminary, pg. 17*XV. Petition to the King, pg. 23*XVI. Certificate from the Pastoral Seminary, pg. 25*XVII. Magister Diploma, pg. 25*XVIII. Excerpt from the Examination Record of the Pastoral Seminary and Certificate for the Homiletic Test, pg. 26*XIX. Decision about Burial Plot, pg. 26*XX. Hospital Record, pg. 28*XXI. Will, pg. 33*1. S. K.-March 8, 1829-P. C. Kierkegaard. - 43. S. K.-no date-Regine Olsen, pg. 37*44. S. K. -no date-Regine Olsen - 69. S. K.-February 27, 1842-Emil Boesen, pg. 87*70. S. K.-[February 1842]-P. C. Kierkegaard - 134. S. K.-March 29, 1846-J. L. Heiberg, pg. 141*135. J. L. Heiberg-April 2, 1846-S. K. - 175. S. K.-[1848]-F.L.B. Zeuthen, pg. 192*176. S. K.-[1848]-Emil Boesen - 212. Rasmus Nielsen-July 20, 1849-S. K., pg. 243*213. S. K.--July 1849-Rasmus Nielsen. S. K. 's draft - 252. Rasmus Nielsen-March 19, 1 1850-S.K., pg. 298*253. S. K.-[March 1850]-Rasmus Nielsen. S. K. 's draft - 289. "S.S.M. No. 54" [Ilia Marie Fibiger)l-November 21, 1851-S. K., pg. 348*290. c. R. 1-[1851-52]-S. K. - 312. S. K. -no date-anonymous, pg. 400*1. The Concept of Irony, 1841, pg. 429*2. Three Upbuilding Discourses, 1843, pg. 429*3. Four Upbuilding Discourses, 1843, pg. 429*4. Three Upbuilding Discourses, 1845, pg. 430*5. Concluding Unscientific Postscript, 1846, pg. 430*6. Upbuilding Discourses, 1847, pg. 430*7. The Works of Love, 1847, pg. 430*8. Christian Discourses, 1848, pg. 431*9. The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air, 1849, pg. 431*10. Either/Or, Second Edition, 1849, pg. 431*11. The Sickness unto Death, 1849, pg. 432*12. "The High Priest"-"The Publican"-"The Woman Who Was a Sinner"; Three Discourses at the Communion on Fridays, 1849, pg. 432*13. Practice in Christianity, 1850, pg. 433*14. An Upbuilding Discourse, 1850, pg. 434*15. On My Work as an Author, 1851, pg. 435*16. Practice in Christianity, 1850, pg. 436*17. To J. F. Giedwad. S. K.'s draft., pg. 436*18. To J. L. Phister. S. K.'s draft, pg. 437*19. To C. N. Rosenkilde. S. K.'s draft, pg. 437*20. To Thomasine Gyllembourg. S. K.'s draft, pg. 437*Acknowledgments, pg. 441*Key to References, pg. 443*Notes, pg. 445*I. Kierkegaard Family, pg. 501*II. Maps of Copenhagen, North Sjrelland, andJylland, pg. 503*Bibliographical Note, pg. 507*Advisory Board, pg. 509*Index, pg. 511
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Princeton University Press Divine Machines
Book SynopsisOffers an examination of Leibniz's deep and complex engagement with the empirical life sciences of his day, in areas as diverse as medicine, physiology, taxonomy, generation theory, and paleontology. This title shows how these wide-ranging pursuits were not only central to Leibniz's philosophical interests.Trade Review"Smith thus offers a broader historical context than the title suggests. But with Divine Machines, Leibniz himself emerges as a fascinating example of the early modern obsession with the grand questions about life, and is for this reason certainly of interest to historians of science and medicine."--Stephanie Eichberg, British Journal for the History of Science "Smith's ... book affords quite a number of innovative analyses and is due to become a landmark of Leibniz studies."--Francois Duchesneau, HOPOS: Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science "Even in the instances where the reader's doubts linger, Smith's scholarship makes a convincing case and one is required to look anew at Leibniz's most well known commitments. For the contributions it makes in our understandings of Leibniz and for the way in which Leibniz is integrated in the emergence of the life sciences, Divine Machines is highly recommended reading."--Lea F. Schweitz, AestimatioTable of ContentsAbbreviations ix Preface xi Introduction 1 Part One: First Things Chapter One: "Que les philosophes medicinassent": Leibniz's Encounter withMedicine and Its Experimental Context 25 Chapter Two: The "Hydraulico-Pneumatico-Pyrotechnical Machine of Quasi-Perpetual Motion": Leibniz on Animal Economy 59 Part Two: From Animal Economyto Subtle Anatomy Chapter Three: Organic Bodies, Part I: Nature and Structure 97 Chapter Four: Organic Bodies, Part II: Context and Legacy 137 Part Three: The Origins of Organic Form Chapter Five:The Divine Preformation of Organic Bodies 165 Chapter Six: Games of Nature, the Emergence of Organic Form, and theProblem of Spontaneity 197 Part Four: Species Chapter Seven: The Nature and Boundaries of Biological Species 235 Appendixes 1.Directions Pertaining to the Institution of Medicine (1671) 275 2.The Animal Machine (1677) 288 3.The Human Body, Like That of Any Animal, Is a Sort of Machine (1680-86) 290 4.On Writing the New Elements of Medicine (1682-83) 297 5.On Botanical Method (1701) 303 Notes 311 Bibliography 357 Index 375
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Princeton University Press The First Modern Jew
Book SynopsisProvides a look at how Spinoza went from being one of Judaism's most notorious outcasts to one of its most celebrated, if still highly controversial, cultural icons, and a powerful and protean symbol of the first modern secular Jew. This book chronicles Spinoza's posthumous odyssey from marginalized heretic to hero.Trade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2012 Salo Wittmayer Baron Prize, American Academy for Jewish Research Finalist for the 2012 National Jewish Book Award in History "We have long needed a thorough and careful study of the various ways in which Spinoza has been appropriated by Jewish causes and movements. Daniel Schwartz's welcome book takes a close look for the first time at what the author calls 'the rehabilitation of Spinoza in Jewish culture.'"--Steven Nadler, Times Literary Supplement "Whether Baruch Spinoza was 'the first modern Jew,' as the title of this outstanding volume suggests, has been a subject of continuing debate... Schwartz displays admirable versatility in tracing the idolizations, disputes, and ambivalences evoked by Spinoza in Germany (Moses Mendelssohn and Berthold Auerbach) and eastern Europe (Salomon Rubin), within Zionism (Yosef Klausner), and in Yiddish literature (Isaac Bashevis Singer)... Essential."--M. A. Meyer, Choice "[P]assionate arguments, of the kind now richly documented by Schwartz, about Spinoza's Jewishness and his relevance to our times, still enrich and enrage ... and probably will continue to do so--without end."--Allan Nadler, Forward.com "This is the first full-scale history of Spinoza's reception among Jews... [I]t clearly demonstrates how this excluded philosopher could be viewed as religious or secular, as more Baruch or more Benedict, but almost necessarily as a touchstone in defining Jewish identity in the modern age."--Choice "With extensive and helpful notes, an index and a bibliography, this work is highly recommended for all academic collections that deal with Jews and Judaism in the modern age."--Marion M. Stein, Classical World "Schwartz has written a superb study that not only presents Spinoza as a thinker who fits uneasily into the modernist categories of 'religious' and 'secular': he has also composed a daring challenge to the popular interpretation of the modern age as a purely secular affair that left religion behind over 300 years ago."--Grant Havers, European LegacyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Preface and Acknowledgments xi Note on Translations and Romanization xvii Introduction 1 Spinoza's Jewish Modernities Chapter 1: Ex-Jew, Eternal Jew: 15 Early Representations of the Jewish Spinoza Chapter 2: Refining Spinoza: 35 Moses Mendelssohn's Response to the Amsterdam Heretic Chapter 3: The First Modern Jew: 55 Berthold Auerbach's Spinoza and the Beginnings of an Image Chapter 4: A Rebel against the Past, A Revealer of Secrets: 81 Salomon Rubin and the East European Maskilic Spinoza Chapter 5: From the Heights of Mount Scopus: 113 Yosef Klausner and the Zionist Rehabilitation of Spinoza Chapter 6: Farewell, Spinoza: 155 I. B. Singer and the Tragicomedy of the Jewish Spinozist Epilogue: 189 Spinoza Redivivus in the Twenty-First Century Notes 203 Bibliography 247 Index 265
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Princeton University Press Wilhelm Dilthey Selected Works Volume II
Book SynopsisA translation of one the major writings of Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911), a philosopher and historian of culture who continues to have a significant influence on Continental philosophy and a broad range of scholarly disciplines. It presents Dilthey's main theoretical works from the 1890s.Table of ContentsPreface to all Volumes vii Editorial Note to Volume ii xi introduction to volume ii xv Understanding the Human World CHAPTER I: Dilthey's Draft for a Preface (1911) 1 Translated by Rudolf A. Makkreel and Patricia Van Tuyl CHAPTER II: Inaugural Speech to the Prussian Academy (1887) 5 Translated by Patricia Van Tuyl CHAPTER III: The Origin of Our Belief in the Reality of the External World and Its Justifi cation (1890) 8 Translated by Maximilian Aue CHAPTER IV: Life and Cognition (1892-93) 58 Translated by Rudolf A. Makkreel and Jacob Owensby CHAPTER V: Ideas for a Descriptive and Analytic Psychology (1894) 115 Translated by Rudolf A. Makkreel and Donald Moore CHAPTER VI: Contributions to the Study of Individuality (1895-96) 211 Translated by Erdmann Waniek Glossary 285 Index 299
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Princeton University Press Locke on Personal Identity
Book SynopsisJohn Locke's theory of personal identity underlies modern discussion of the nature of persons and selves - yet it is widely thought to be wrong. This book argues that in fact it is Locke's critics who are wrong, and that the famous objections to his theory are invalid.Trade Review"[E]legant and provocative... There is no denying that the case he makes in this short but compelling book is a powerful one."--Barry Dainton, Times Literary Supplement "This book will appeal to Locke scholars and those interested in Locke's account of personal identity."--ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface xi Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Chapter 2 : "Person" 5 Chapter 3: "Person ... is a forensic term" 17 Chapter 4: Concernment 22 Chapter 5: Consciousness 30 Chapter 6:"Consciousness ... is inseparable from thinking" 42 Chapter 7 : "From the inside" 50 Chapter 8 : "Person" Locke's Definition 58 Chapter 9 : Consciousness Is Not Memory 72 Chapter 10 : Personal Identity 77 Chapter 11 : Psychological Connectedness 88 Chapter 12 : Transition (Butler Dismissed) 93 Chapter 13 : "But next ... ": Personal Identity without Substantial Continuity 97 Chapter 14 : "And therefore ... ": [I]-transfers, [Ag]-transfers, [P]-transfers 110 Chapter 15 : "A fatal error of theirs" 119 Chapter 16 : A Fatal Error of Locke's? 125 Chapter 17 : Circularity? 131 Chapter 18 : The Distinction between [P] and [S] 135 Chapter 19 : Concernment and Repentance 139 Chapter 20 : Conclusion 150 Postface 157 Appendix 1 : "Of Identity and Diversity" by John Locke 163 Appendix 2 : A Defence of Mr. Locke's Opinion Concerning Personal Identity by Edmund Law 233 References 253 Index 257
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Princeton University Press Lectures on the History of Moral and Political
Book SynopsisStarting with a chapter centered on Plato, but also discussing the pre-Socratics as well as Aristotle, this book moves to social contract theory as discussed by Hobbes, Locke, and Hume, and then continues with chapters on Kant, Hegel, and Nietzsche.Trade Review"What this collection provides ... is a very idiosyncratic tour of the history of moral and political philosophy. The tour is very selective as to where it stops, and when it does stop it is equally selective in the sights it shows. And so it's not a tour I'd recommend to a complete newcomer to the area. But for the experienced traveler in this intellectual terrain, the sights on the tour are, almost without exception, well worth the extended stop provided."--Peter Stone, Marx and Philosophy Review of Books "Wolff's closing intellectual biography is, as I mentioned above, excellent. It provides an overview of the rest of Cohen's work that is useful and interesting even to those already familiar with it."--Clare Chambers, Philosophical QuarterlyTable of ContentsEditor's Preface vii Acknowledgments xi Part One Lectures 1 Chapter 1 Plato and His Predecessors 3 Chapter 2 Hobbes 65 Chapter 3 Locke on Property and Political Obligation 103 Chapter 4 Hume's Critique of Locke on Contract 120 Chapter 5 Kant's Ethics 138 Chapter 6 Hegel: Minds, Masters, and Slaves 183 Chapter 7 Nietzsche 201 Part Two Papers 245 Chapter 8 Bourgeois and Proletarians 247 Chapter 9 T he Workers and the Word: Why Marx Had the Right to Think He Was Right 268 Chapter 10 R eply to Elster on "Marxism, Functionalism, and Game Theory" 284 Chapter 11 Review of Karl Marx, by Allen W. Wood 298 Chapter 12 Reason, Humanity, and the Moral Law 305 Part Three Memoir 325 Chapter 13 G. A. Cohen: A Memoir, Jonathan Wolff 327 Works Cited 345 Index 355
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Princeton University Press The Pursuit of Laziness
Book SynopsisWe think of the Enlightenment as an era dominated by ideas of progress, production, and industry - not an era that favored the lax and indolent individual. But was the Enlightenment only about the unceasing improvement of self and society? This title examines moral, political, and economic treatises of the period.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012 "For Saint-Amand, the heroes of his book are figures of resistance. In their non-productivity, they provide a glimpse of a new ethics of freedom that runs counter to the demands of the bourgeois capitalist order... It is hard not to be seduced by his argument."--Jeremy Jennings, Times Higher Education Supplement "[An] intriguing little book."--Jeremy Jennings, Times Higher Education "I relished Pierre Saint-Amand's short, beguiling volume The Pursuit of Laziness for its astutely subversive take on Enlightenment workaholism. Saint-Amand concentrates on Enlightenment figures like the artist Chardin, who painted someone blowing a large bubble with a straw, or Joseph Joubert, who thought that lying in bed a lot was ideal for the writing life."--Robert Crawford, Sunday Herald (Glasgow) "Until now, extreme laziness has rarely featured as the cornerstone of a substantive rereading of the Enlightenment project as a whole. Saint-Amand focuses primarily on Diderot's and Rousseau's defense of the idle life as a kind of secular bliss. The author makes a strong case for distinguishing the utilitarian program of calculation and task efficiency from aesthetic reveries and world-open stance of philosophers... Exceedingly well researched, [The Pursuit of Laziness] fills an important lacuna in understanding Enlightenment attitudes and literary practices and brings to light several overlooked sources that give pause to the predominant understanding of the Enlightenment ethos. Penned in French, this work is now available in an admirably clear and readable translation."--ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Idle Nation Chapter 1: The Surprises of Laziness 17 Marivaux Chapter 2: Chardin's Slowness 38 Chapter 3: The Great Project of an Idle Life 51 Rousseau Chapter 4: Paradox of the Idler 76 Diderot Chapter 5: Philosophy on the Pillow 100 Joubert Epilogue: Toward Moderation 119 Notes 125 Bibliography 143 Index 151
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Princeton University Press Philosophic Pride
Book SynopsisConcentrating on arguments in moral psychology surrounding the foundations of human sociability and self-love, this book details how the engagement with Roman Stoicism shaped early modern political philosophy. It offers interpretations of Lipsius and Rousseau.Trade Review"It is one of the strengths of Christopher Brooke's fascinating new study, Philosophic Pride, that he is aware of the multifarious nature of his subject; he knows that he is dealing with a fluid cluster of ideas and themes, not a unitary philosophical movement. Not that he has set out, in any case, to write a history of (Neo-)Stoicism; his task is both narrower and harder than that. The subject of this book is the relationship between Stoicism and early modern political thought; since there was scarcely such a thing as a worked-out body of Stoic political theory (unless we count Seneca's fanciful portrayal of the monarchical ruler--Nero, of all people--extending the empire of reason), this means that an already elusive subject is considered here from a variety of oblique angles."--Noel Malcolm, Times Literary Supplement "I'm a little unsure whether Stoicism really is as powerful an interpretive lens as Brooke here seems to suggest but I, along with doubtless many others, will delight in taking up the provocative interpretive challenges Philosophic Pride lays down."--Ross Carroll, Journal of Intellectual History and Political Thought "Brooke has made a significant contribution towards filling in some important lacunae in our understanding of the relationships between ancient and modern thinking about morality and politics, and intervened deftly in a broad range of interdisciplinary debates on major figures in the history of practical ethics. These are achievements that will insure this book is welcomed by scholars and general readers with all sorts of investments in his subject matter. They will also enjoy its sincere humanism and remarkable erudition."--Cambridge Humanities Review "Philosophic Pride is an extremely rich study that offers new insights in and interpretations of the works of established authors such as Lipsius, Grotius, Hobbes, and Rousseau, while minutely tracing down the Stoic foundations of early modern politics in the works of a nearly countless number of well-known and lesser known authors. Without doubt, Christopher Brooke's book-length study will be of great interest to intellectual historians, scholars of the history of political thought, and historians of philosophy."--Erik de Bom, Renaissance QuarterlyTable of ContentsPreface ix Prologue Augustine of Hippo 1 Chapter One Justus Lipsius and the Post-Machiavellian Prince 12 Chapter Two Grotius, Stoicism, and Oikeiosis 37 Chapter Three From Lipsius to Hobbes 59 Chapter Four The French Augustinians 76 Chapter Five From Hobbes to Shaftesbury 101 Chapter Six How the Stoics Became Atheists 127 Chapter Seven From Fenelon to Hume 149 Chapter Eight Jean-Jacques Rousseau 181 Epilogue 203 Notes 209 Bibliography 253 Index 273
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Princeton University Press An Intellectual History of Cannibalism
Book SynopsisThe cannibal has played a surprisingly important role in the history of thought--perhaps the ultimate symbol of savagery and degradation-- haunting the Western imagination since before the Age of Discovery, when Europeans first encountered genuine cannibals and related horrible stories of shipwrecked travelers eating each other. An Intellectual History of Cannibalism is the first book to systematically examine the role of the cannibal in the arguments of philosophers, from the classical period to modern disputes about such wide-ranging issues as vegetarianism and the right to private property. Catalin Avramescu shows how the cannibal is, before anything else, a theoretical creature, one whose fate sheds light on the decline of theories of natural law, the emergence of modernity, and contemporary notions about good and evil. This provocative history of ideas traces the cannibal''s appearance throughout Western thought, first as a creature springing from the menagerie of natural law, later as a diabolical retort to theological dogmas about the resurrection of the body, and finally to present-day social, ethical, and political debates in which the cannibal is viewed through the lens of anthropology or invoked in the service of moral relativism. Ultimately, An Intellectual History of Cannibalism is the story of the birth of modernity and of the philosophies of culture that arose in the wake of the Enlightenment. It is a book that lays bare the darker fears and impulses that course through the Western intellectual tradition.Trade Review"This book is a true banquet, a lavish succession of courses making up a real blowout of facts and references, some spicy, some less so, all served up with delicious side dishes and copious drafts of heady intellectual wine. A few readers may find the whole meal a little more filling than they might have wished, but it is certainly a major scholarly feast."--Simon Blackburn, Times Higher Education "[T]his is a remarkable work and there really is no other book like it."--Noel Malcolm, Standpoint "Avramescu's study of the intellectual history of ideas about cannibalism is an absorbing analysis and a compelling critique of the history of political thought, which every student of human history and intraspecies violence will want to include in her personal library. The translation offers a flowing and elegant read, accessible to any educated audience, and would serve well as a textbook in higher education classes on political thought and violence. I recommend the book most highly."--Wendy C. Hamblet, Metapsychology Online "We have here a fresh look at texts much interpreted, especially from the Enlightenment, but viewed from relatively unexplored angles."--Choice "Avramescu wants to know why the history of thinking-with-cannibals is coextensive, more or less, with early modern history, the period from the age of discovery to the age of enlightenment. Even if Avramescu's affectionate revival of the figure of the cannibal is not a project of its time, his work reminds us nonetheless of the treasures to be found along the via negativa through the history of political philosophy."--Justin E. H. Smith, n+1 "The book's outstanding feature is the author's encyclopedic knowledge and erudite treatment of relevant historical and philosophical works, travel literature, and geographic literature... [T]here is no denying the extremely original, valuable and challenging nature of this work."--Tim Murphy, European Legacy "This study is essential reading for those interested in the intellectual history of Europe and for ethnographers concerned with cannibal discourses and fantasies."--Gananath Obeyesekere, Historian "Romanian philosopher Catalin Avramescu's learned and brilliantly told intellectual history of anthropophagy recovers the cannibal's once central place in formal thought about what it means to be human."--Steven Shapin, Los Angeles Review of Books "This provocative and often brilliant book is not so much a contribution to 'cannibal' studies as a critical evaluation of the Enlightenment's (and, by extension, our own) moral perspective... Avramescu's research ranges widely, and his readings of familiar texts are always sharp and original... [H]e brilliantly articulates the critical challenges raised by eighteenth-century human science."--David W. Bates, ISISTable of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Chapter One: A Hobbesian Life Raft 4 Chapter Two: The Tortures and Fate of the Body 41 Chapter Three: Creatures of Evil 70 Chapter Four: The Conquest of the Savages 105 Chapter Five: The Predicaments of Identity 125 Chapter Six: A Question of Taste 162 Chapter Seven: The Anthropophagus in the City 183 Chapter Eight: The Agent of Absolute Cruelty 233 Notes 263 Selected Bibliography 317 Index 333
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Princeton University Press The Papers of Thomas Jefferson Retirement Serie
Book SynopsisThomas Jefferson is overjoyed by American victories late in the War of 1812 and highly interested in the treaty negotiations that ultimately end the conflict. This title presents 591 documents of Jefferson dated from 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815.Table of ContentsForeword vii Acknowledgments ix Editorial Method and Apparatus xi Maps xli Illustrations xlv Jefferson Chronology 2 18 1 4 From "Johannes Vonderpuff," 1 October 3 From Joseph Delaplaine, 3 October 8 From Gabriel Penn, 3 October 9 To Jeremiah A. Goodman, 4 October 10 From James Monroe, 4 October 11 Notes on Bottle and Beverage Supplies, [6 October 1814-February 1816] 11 To Thomas Cooper, 7 October 12 From Samuel H. Smith, 7 October 13 From Thomas Ritchie, 9 October 15 From James Madison, 10 October 16 From James Monroe, 10 October 18 From John Barnes, 11 October 19 From Isaac A. Coles, 11 October 21 From James Oldham, 11 October 21 To Samuel H. Smith, 11 October 22 From Joseph Milligan, 12 October 22 To James Madison, 13 October 23 From John L. E. W. Shecut, 13 October 24 From William F. Gray, 14 October 25 From Samuel H. Smith, 14 October 26 To James Madison, 15 October 26 To Joseph C. Cabell, 16 October 29 Notes on Household Consumption, [ca. 16 October] 30 To James Monroe, 16 October 31 To Joseph Milligan, 17 October 33 To Joseph Delaplaine, 18 October 34 To Andrew Moore, 18 October 34 From Joseph C. Cabell, 19 October 35 From Samuel H. Smith, 19 October 36 From David Bailie Warden, 20 October 36 From William C. C. Claiborne, 21 October 38 From Samuel H. Smith, 21 October 39 From Jonathan Williams, 21 October 40 To John H. Cocke, 23 October 41 From James Cutbush, 23 October 42 From James Madison, 23 October 44 From James Madison, 23 October 45 From Charles Yancey, 23 October 46 To Patrick Gibson, 25 October 47 To William F. Gray, 25 October 48 From James Leitch, 26 October 48 From Patrick Gibson, 27 October 49 From John Adams, 28 October 49 From William Short, 28 October 50 To Joseph Milligan, 29 October 54 To Samuel H. Smith, 29 October 55 From Thomas A. Pellet, 31 October 57 Notes on the Peacock Plow, October 57 From Francis W. Gilmer, 1 November 58 From Leonard Sargent, 1 November 59 List of Slaves at Poplar Forest, [ca. 2-13 November] 60 To Patrick Gibson, 3 November 63 To Reuben Perry, 3 November 63 From William C. C. Claiborne, 4 November 64 From Enoch Jones, 5 November 65 From John H. Cocke, 6 November 66 To Andrew Jamieson, 7 November 67 From Abram R. North (for Andrew Jamieson), 7 November 68 To Francis Eppes, 11 November 68 From William & Reuben Mitchell, 11 November 69 Instructions for Poplar Forest Management, 11 November 69 To Archibald Robertson, 11 November 73 From Archibald Robertson, 11 November 73 From Thomas Jefferson Abbott, 12 November 74 To Charles Clay, 12 November 74 From William Fleming, 12 November 75 From John Melish, 12 November 75 From Francis W. Gilmer, 13 November 78 To Jeremiah A. Goodman, 14 November 78 From Joseph Miller, 14 November 79 From Charles Willson Peale, 14 November 80 From Joseph Milligan, 16 November 83 From Elizabeth Trist, 17 November 84 Estimate and Plans for Albemarle Academy/Central College, [ca. 18 November] 86 Draft Bill to Create Central College and Amend the 1796 Public Schools Act, [ca. 18 November] 90 From Anonymous, [received 19 November] 94 To David Higginbotham, 19 November 95 From Philip Thornton, 19 November 96 To Patrick Gibson, 21 November 96 From William Caruthers, 22 November 97 From Edward Coles, 23 November 99 From William Duane, 23 November 99 From Francis Eppes, 23 November 99 From Patrick Gibson, 23 November 100 To Francis W. Gilmer, 23 November 101 To Robert Patterson, 23 November 101 To Robert M. Patterson, 23 November 102 To Caspar Wistar, 23 November 103 To James Cutbush, 24 November 104 To William Duane, 24 November 105 To Joseph Milligan, 24 November 106 From Horatio G. Spafford, 25 November 106 To William Short, 28 November 107 From Jason Chamberlain, 30 November 111 From James Monroe, 30 November 112 From James Ogilvie, November 113 From John Wilson, November 114 To Joseph Milligan, 1 December 118 William Mitchell's Agreement to Grind Wheat, 2 December 118 Agreement to Lease Natural Bridge to Philip Thornton, 2 December 119 To William Caruthers, 3 December 120 To Louis H. Girardin, 3 December 121 From Robert M. Patterson, 3 December 122 To Philip Thornton, 3 December 123 To John Wilson, 4 December 123 From John H. Carr, 5 December 124 From John Barnes, 6 December, enclosing Baring Brothers & Company to John Barnes, 20 October 125 To Alexander J. Dallas, 7 December 126 From Patrick Gibson, 7 December 127 To James Monroe, 7 December 128 To Thomas Taylor, 7 December 129 From Jose Correa da Serra, 9 December 130 To Jeremiah A. Goodman, 10 December 132 To John Melish, 10 December 133 From John Adams, 11 December 135 From William Thornton, 11 December 135 From William H. Crawford, 12 December 137 From Greenberry Dorsey, 13 December 139 To Louis H. Girardin, 13 December 140 From Alexander J. Dallas, 14 December 141 From Patrick Gibson, 14 December 142 From Joseph Milligan, 14 December 142 From James Oldham, 14 December 142 To Horatio G. Spafford, 16 December 143 From John Garnett, 17 December 144 From John Barnes, 18 December 145 From Thomas Taylor, 19 December 145 From Samuel Thurber, 19 December 146 From John Adams, 20 December 148 From Charles Clay, 20 December 149 From William Lee, 20 December 150 From John B. Colvin, 21 December 151 To Louis H. Girardin, 21 December 152 From James Monroe, 21 December 153 From James Savage, 21 December 156 To Patrick Gibson, 23 December 157 To Jeremiah A. Goodman, 23 December 157 To John McAllister (1753-1830), 24 December 159 To William Thornton, 24 December 160 From Thomas Appleton, 26 December 161 To Elizabeth Trist, 26 December 163 From Joseph C. Cabell, 27 December 164 To Jose Correa da Serra, 27 December 166 From Charles Yancey, 27 December 169 To Thomas Taylor, 28 December 169 To John Barnes, enclosing Power of Attorney to John Barnes, 29 December 172 From Randolph Jefferson, 29 December 173 From Jeremiah A. Goodman, 30 December 173 From William Plumer, 30 December 174 18 1 5 To James Monroe, 1 January 176 To John B. Colvin, 2 January 179 To Samuel Thurber, 2 January 179 From Patrick Gibson, 3 January 180 To John Garnett, 4 January 181 From James Ligon (for Patrick Gibson), 4 January 182 To Joseph C. Cabell, 5 January 182 To Jeremiah A. Goodman, 6 January 184 To Patrick Gibson, 7 January 186 From Abraham O. Stansbury, 7 January 187 From John McAllister & Son, 9 January 192 From John Vaughan, 9 January 193 From John Barnes, 10 January 194 From William Thornton, 11 January 195 From John Seabrook, 12 January 196 From Mathew Carey, 14 January 198 From Lancelot Minor, 14 January 198 To Louis H. Girardin, 15 January 200 From Charles W. Goldsborough, 19 January 201 From the American Philosophical Society, 20 January 202 To Louis H. Girardin, 20 January 203 To William P. Newby, 20 January 203 To Thomas Eston Randolph, 20 January 204 To James Monroe, 21 January 205 From Robert M. Patterson, 21 January 206 From Thomas Eston Randolph, 21 January 207 From Samuel M. Burnside, 23 January 207 From Horatio G. Spafford, 23 January 208 From John B. Spargella, 24 January 209 From James Cutbush, 28 January 210 From Horatio G. Spafford, 28 January 211 To Charles Clay, 29 January 211 To Samuel H. Smith, 30 January 213 From Samuel H. Smith, 30 January 214 From John Strachan, 30 January 214 From Peter H. Wendover, 30 January 228 To William Plumer, 31 January 229 From Thomas Law, [ca. January] 231 From Peter Carr, 2 February 232 Francis C. Gray's Account of a Visit to Monticello, [4-7 February] 232 George Ticknor's Account of a Visit to Monticello, [4-7 February] 238 From Caspar Wistar, [received 4 February] 243 From Caspar Wistar, 5 February 243 From David Bailie Warden, 7 February 244 From Charles Clay, 8 February 245 To Robert M. Patterson, 8 February 246 To John Vaughan, 8 February 247 To Mathew Carey, 9 February 248 To Charles W. Goldsborough, 9 February 249 From Francis De Masson, 9 February 249 To James Savage, 9 February 252 To William Thornton, 9 February 252 To William Duane, 10 February 253 To John B. Spargella, 10 February 254 Statement of Bedford and Campbell County Property Subject to Federal Tax, 11 February 255 Statement of Bedford and Campbell County Property Subject to State Tax, 11 February 256 To William Caruthers, 11 February 256 To the Federal Assessor for Rockbridge County, 11 February 257 From Randolph Jefferson, 13 February 257 To William H. Crawford, 14 February 258 To Lafayette, 14 February 261 From Joseph Dougherty, 15 February 268 From James Monroe, 15 February 269 From Samuel H. Smith, 15 February 270 From Horatio G. Spafford, 15 February 271 To Randolph Jefferson, 16 February 272 From Josiah Meigs, 16 February 273 From Horatio G. Spafford, 18 February 273 From Benjamin Smith Barton, 19 February 274 From Caesar A. Rodney, 19 February 275 To John Bankhead, 20 February 277 To Charles Clay, 21 February 279 From Alexander J. Dallas, 21 February 279 Notes on Household Consumption, 21 February 280 To Horatio G. Spafford, 21 February 280 From William Caruthers, 22 February 281 From Hugh Nelson, 22 February 282 From Horatio G. Spafford, 24 February 282 To Patrick Gibson, 25 February 284 To Benjamin Smith Barton, 26 February 284 To George Hay, 26 February 285 From Henry Dearborn, 27 February 286 To Joseph Dougherty, 27 February 287 To Joseph Milligan, 27 February 287 To Samuel H. Smith, 27 February 288 Observations on the Transportation of the Monticello Library, [ca. 27 February] 289 To David Bailie Warden, 27 February 291 To Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 28 February 293 From Elizabeth Trist, 28 February 295 Francis W. Gilmer's Description of Thomas Jefferson and Monticello, [ca. February] 296 To Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 1 March 300 To John Vaughan, 1 March 301 To Jean Baptiste Say, 2 March 303 From William Caruthers, 4 March 308 To Louis H. Girardin, 4 March 309 To Francis C. Gray, 4 March 310 To Benjamin Jones, 4 March 313 To Thomas Munroe, 4 March 313 From the Seventy-Six Association, [after 4 March] 315 From Joseph C. Cabell, 5 March 316 To Thomas Appleton, 6 March 318 From Benjamin Smith Barton, 6 March 319 To Stephen Cathalan, 6 March 319 To Jose Correa da Serra, 6 March 320 To William H. Crawford, 6 March 321 To Adamo Fabbroni, Antoine Gouan, Lacepede, Marc Auguste Pictet, and Andre Thouin, 6 March 321 From Patrick Gibson, 6 March 323 To Philip Mazzei, 6 March 323 To John A. Morton, 6 March 324 From George Ticknor, 6 March 324 To Benjamin Smith Barton, 7 March 325 To Antonio Dugnani, 7 March 327 From George Hay, 8 March 328 From John Rhea, 9 March 329 To William W. Hening, 11 March 329 From William Short, 11 March 330 From Samuel H. Smith, 11 March 333 To William Wirt, 11 March 333 To Louis H. Girardin, 12 March 334 From James Madison, 12 March 338 Jefferson's Letter to Peter H. Wendover 340 I. Thomas Jefferson to Peter H. Wendover (Draft), 13 March 340 II. Thomas Jefferson to Peter H. Wendover (Final State), 13 March 344 From Tadeusz Kosciuszko, [14 March], enclosing Power of Attorney from Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 13 March 344 To William Caruthers, 15 March 347 To DeWitt Clinton, 15 March 347 From William W. Hening, 15 March 348 To Horatio G. Spafford, 15 March 350 From William Wirt, 15 March 351 To Josiah Meigs, 16 March 351 To Return J. Meigs, 16 March 352 From James Ogilvie, 16 March 352 To Caesar A. Rodney, 16 March 354 From Benjamin Shackelford, 16 March 357 To Henry Dearborn, 17 March 357 To Louis H. Girardin, 18 March 359 To Albert Gallatin, 19 March 360 To George Ticknor, 19 March 361 From John Vaughan, 19 March 362 From David Barrow, 20 March 364 From Joseph Milligan, 20 March 366 To Charles Willson Peale, 21 March 366 From Samuel H. Smith, 21 March 369 From George Ticknor, 21 March 370 To James Madison, 23 March 371 From Francis C. Gray, 24 March 374 To James Madison, 24 March 376 From John Vaughan, 24 March 377 From Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, 25 March 378 To William W. Hening, 25 March 379 From Benjamin Jones, 25 March 380 To James Leitch, 25 March 380 From George Logan, 25 March 380 To James Madison, 25 March 381 To William Short, 25 March 382 To John Watts, 25 March 383 From John M. Carter, 27 March 383 To Louis H. Girardin, 27 March 384 To Joseph Milligan, enclosing List of Books to be Acquired by Joseph Milligan, 28 March 386 From Joseph Delaplaine, 29 March 388 From Patrick Gibson, 29 March 389 To Thomas Jefferson Randolph, 31 March 390 From William Wingate, 31 March 391 Statement of Albemarle County Property Subject to State Tax, March 392 Conveyance of Carlton by Charles L. Bankhead and Ann C. Bankhead to their Trustees, 1 April 394 Conveyance of Land Adjoining Carlton by Thomas Jefferson to Trustees of Charles L. Bankhead and Ann C. Bankhead, 1 April 397 From William W. Hening, 1 April 399 From Randolph Jefferson, 2 April 400 From George N. Ralls, 2 April 400 From William Thornton, enclosing Drawing and Description of a Water and Cider Filter, 3 April 402 From William Wingate, 3 April 405 From William Thornton, 4 April 408 From DeWitt Clinton, 6 April 409 From Joseph Coppinger, enclosing Plan for a Brewing Company, 6 April 409 From Horatio G. Spafford, 6 April 413 From Joseph Dougherty, 7 April 416 From Jeremiah A. Goodman, 7 April 417 To William W. Hening, 8 April 418 From Benjamin Galloway, 9 April 419 From David Bailie Warden, 9 April 420 From John Hollins, 10 April 421 From Benjamin Smith Barton, 13 [April] 422 To Louis H. Girardin, 14 April 423 From William Wingate, 14 April 423 From William W. Hening, 15 April 424 To John Barnes, enclosing Order on United States Treasury, 18 April 425 To Alexander J. Dallas, 18 April 426 Notes on Thomas Jefferson's Library at the Time of Sale, [by 18 April] 428 To William Short, 18 April 428 From Louis H. Girardin, 19 April 429 From John Barnes, 22 April 430 To Louis H. Girardin, 22 April 431 To John Hollins, 22 April 432 From William P. Newby, 22 April 432 To Benjamin Galloway, 23 April 433 Receipt for Sale of Library, 23 April 434 To Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, 24 April 434 To Joseph Delaplaine, 24 April 435 To Nicolas G. Dufief, 24 April 435 To Albert Gallatin, 24 April 436 To Albert Gallatin, 24 April 437 From John Barnes, 25 April 437 To Joseph Coppinger, 25 April 438 To William W. Hening, 25 April 439 From Thomas T. Tucker, 25 April 440 To William Wingate, 25 April 441 To John M. Carter, 26 April 442 From James Monroe, 26 April 442 From George Watterston, 26 April 444 From Caspar Wistar, 27 April 445 From Thomas Branagan, 28 April 450 From Alexander J. Dallas, 28 April 451 From George P. Stevenson, 28 April 452 From Joseph Dougherty, 29 April 453 From James Maury, 29 April 453 From George Divers, 30 April 454 To David Barrow, 1 May 454 To Nathaniel Bowditch, 2 May 455 To DeWitt Clinton, 2 May 456 From Charles Willson Peale, 2 May 457 From Patrick Gibson, 3 May 466 To David Hosack, 3 May 467 From Nicolas G. Dufief, 4 May 468 Account with Nicolas G. Dufief, [ca. 4 May] 469 From Horatio G. Spafford, 4 [May] 470 From Patrick Gibson, 6 May 471 From Joseph Milligan, enclosing Invoice for Books, 6 May 471 To John Barnes, 7 May 472 To George Watterston, 7 May 473 From Thomas Law, 8 May 475 To Samuel H. Smith, 8 May 476 To George P. Stevenson, 9 May 476 From Patrick Gibson, 10 May 477 To Albert Gallatin, 11 [May] 478 To Lafayette, 11 May 478 To Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 11 May 479 To Andre Thouin, 11 May 480 To John Barnes, 12 May 480 To Louis H. Girardin, 12 May 481 To James Madison, 12 May 482 To Thomas T. Tucker, 12 May 483 To William Wirt, 12 May 483 From Baring Brothers & Company, 13 May 484 Statement of Albemarle County Property Subject to Federal Tax, 14 May 485 From Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, 14 May 486 To John Graham, 14 May 488 To Horatio G. Spafford, 14 May 488 To Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 15 May 489 To William Short, 15 May 490 From Patrick Gibson, enclosing Account with Patrick Gibson for Flour and Tobacco Sales, 17 May 491 From Sackville King, 17 May 493 From John Porter, 17 May 494 From Daniel Brent, 20 May 495 From Charles Clay, 23 May 496 To Archibald Robertson, 23 May 496 From Archibald Robertson, 23 May 497 From John Barnes, 25 May, enclosing John Barnes's accounts with Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 25 June and 8 September 1814, 8 April, and 26 April 497 To Charles Clay, 25 May 501 From Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 26 May 501 From John Fowler, 27 May 509 To Archibald Robertson, 27 May 509 From James Penn (for Archibald Robertson), 27 May 510 To James Penn (for Archibald Robertson), 28 May 511 From James Penn, 28 May 511 To John Watts, 28 May 511 From John Watts, 28 May 512 To Thomas A. Holcombe, 31 May 512 To John Wayles Eppes, 1 June 513 To Joseph Milligan, 1 June 514 To Archibald Robertson, 1 June 515 From Archibald Robertson, 1 June 515 To Elizabeth Trist, 1 June 515 From Benjamin Galloway, 2 June 517 To Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 6 June 519 To Benjamin Jones, 6 June 519 To Joel Yancey, 7 June 520 From Isaac A. Coles, 9 June 521 To John Adams, 10 June 522 From Samuel H. Smith, 11 June 524 To William H. Torrance, 11 June 524 To Mr. Brand, 12 June 528 To Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, 12 June 529 From Charles Jouett, 12 June 530 To Thomas Leiper, 12 June 531 From John Mason, 13 June 534 To Charles Willson Peale, 13 June 534 To Joseph Darmsdatt, 15 June 536 To Charles Jouett, 15 June 536 To James Madison, 15 June 537 Jefferson's Letter to James Maury 538 I. Thomas Jefferson to James Maury (Partial Draft), [15 June] 538 II. Thomas Jefferson to James Maury (Final State), 15 June 539 From Jeremiah A. Goodman, 16 June 542 To James Maury, 16 June 542 From Charles Willson Peale, 18 June 545 From George Ticknor, 18 June 549 From John Adams, 19 June 550 From John Adams, with postscript by Abigail Adams, 20 June 552 From Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, 20 June 554 To William P. Newby, 21 June 555 From William Short, 21 June 556 From John Adams, 22 June 558 To Randolph Jefferson, 23 June 563 From Randolph Jefferson, 23 June 563 From Andrew C. Mitchell, 23 June 564 To Joseph Miller, 26 June 565 To Joseph Milligan, 26 June 566 To Hezekiah Niles, 26 June 566 To William Short, 27 June 567 To Jose Correa da Serra, 28 June 568 From Hezekiah Niles, 30 June 569 To James Leitch, 2 July 570 To Stephen Cathalan, 3 July 570 Notes on the Cost of French Merchandise, [ca. 3 July] 572 From Henry Dearborn, 3 July 573 To Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 3 July 573 To Madame de Stael Holstein, 3 July 576 From William Rush, 4 July 577 To George Ticknor, enclosing Notes on London Book Prices, 4 July 578 From Patrick Gibson, 5 July 582 To Henry Jackson, 5 July 582 To Elisha Ticknor, 5 July 583 From John Wayles Eppes, 6 July 585 From James T. Austin, 8 July 585 From John Vaughan, 8 July 586 To Stephen Girard, 10 July 586 From James Monroe, 10 July 588 To John Vaughan, 11 July 589 From Peter A. Guestier, 12 July 590 From Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 12 July 591 From Wilson Cary Nicholas, 14 July 597 From Samuel Smith (of Maryland), 14 July 598 To James Monroe, 15 July 598 To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 15 July 599 From Obadiah Rich, 15 July 601 To John Vaughan, 15 July 603 From Hugh Williamson and Samuel L. Mitchill, 15 July 603 To John George Baxter, 16 July 605 To Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, 16 July 606 To James Madison, 16 July 606 To Andrew C. Mitchell, 16 July 608 From James Ligon (for Patrick Gibson), 17 July 608 From John Wood, 18 July 609 To Joel Yancey, 18 July 610 To Michael Atkinson, [ca. 21 July] 612 From Frank Carr, 21 July 612 To Joel Yancey, 21 July 613 From William Wardlaw, 22 July 613 To James T. Austin, 23 July 614 To Samuel Berrian, 23 July 614 To Peter A. Guestier, 23 July 615 To Bernard McMahon, 23 July 615 To James Madison, 23 July 616 To Obadiah Rich, 23 July 616 To Samuel Smith (of Maryland), 23 July 617 From Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 24 July 618 From William Wirt, enclosing Notes on Membership in the Virginia House of Burgesses and the Rhode Island Stamp Act Resolves, 24 July 619 From John M. Carter, 25 July 623 From John Robertson, 27 July 624 To Patrick Gibson, 28 July 624 From John Vaughan, 28 July 625 From John Adams, 30 July 625 From Stephen Girard, 30 July 627 To William Wardlaw, 30 July 627 From Fontaine Maury, 31 July 628 From Joseph Milligan, enclosing List of Books Bound and To Be Bound, 31 July 628 From John Vaughan, 31 July 632 From Mason L. Weems, 31 July 633 From John George Baxter, 1 August 634 To Mitchie B. Pryor Jefferson, 2 August 636 Joseph Milligan's Statement on the Size of Thomas Jefferson's Library, [ca. 2 August] 637 From Joseph Milligan, 2 August 638 To Mason L. Weems, 2 August 638 From Wilson Cary Nicholas, 3 August 639 From Peter A. Guestier, 4 August 640 From Nicolas G. Dufief, 5 August 640 From William Wardlaw, 5 August 641 To William Wirt, 5 August 641 To John Wood, 5 August 646 From Martha A. C. Lewis Monroe, 6 August 647 From Wilson Cary Nicholas, 6 August 648 From John Holmes, 7 August 648 From Elisha Ticknor, 7 August 650 From Dabney Carr, 9 August 652 To Christopher Hudson, 9 August 652 To Philip Mazzei, 9 August 653 To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 9 August 655 To John Adams, 10 August 656 From James Monroe, 10 August 659 From Mr. Pell, [10 August] 659 From George P. Stevenson, 10 August 659 To Joseph Milligan, 11 August 660 To Hardin Perkins, 11 August 661 To Henry Sheaff, 11 August 662 From Thomas Paine McMahon, 12 August 663 From John Vaughan, 12 August 663 From Martha Jefferson Randolph, 13 August 664 To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 13 August 664 From William Wingate, 14 August 665 From Jesse Torrey, 15 August 668 To Stephen Cathalan, 16 August 670 To Nicolas G. Dufief, 16 August 670 From George Logan, 16 August 671 Account with Joseph Milligan, [ca. 16 August] 671 To George Ticknor, 16 August 673 To John Graham, 17 August 673 To Joseph Milligan, 17 August 674 To Hugh Williamson and Samuel L. Mitchill, 17 August 675 From Robert Brent, 18 August 675 To Patrick Gibson, 19 August 676 To James L. Jefferson, 19 August 676 From Joseph Milligan, 20 August 677 From Tristram Dalton, 21 August 678 From Louis Philippe Gallot de Lormerie, 22 August 680 From John Adams, 24 August 682 From Elisha Ticknor, 24 August 684 To Charles Clay, 25 August 685 From Nicolas G. Dufief, enclosing Account with Nicolas G. Dufief, 25 August 685 From Robert Patterson, 25 August 687 From William Short, 25 August 687 From Thomas Appleton, 26 August 689 Deposition of Dabney Carr in Jefferson v. Michie, 26 August 692 From Patrick Gibson, 28 August 694 From Joseph Milligan, 28 August 694 From William Radford, [received 29] August 695 From David J. Thompson, 30 August 695 From Christopher Clark, 31 August 696 To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 31 August 697 Appendix: Supplemental List of Documents Not Found 699 Index 701
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Princeton University Press The Wisdom of Frugality Why Less Is More More
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A] pleasant intellectual tour that usefully blows a layer of dust off of old writings."--Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic "Westacott's philosophically informed polemic argues that if we rise above our material individualism, we will be better off, both as a society and as an individual."--Wan Lixin, Shanghai Daily "A sprightly and authoritative romp through the history of the philosophical advice on the issues."--Martin Cohen, Times Higher Education "The path to sanity is most likely to lie not in redistributionist programs of dubious merit, but in the course that Westacott models for the better part of The Wisdom of Frugality: a thoughtful willingness to resist the siren calls of the shopping malls and online bazaars for the sake of our mental health, and that of the world in which live."--James Williams, PopMatters "In his calm, measured and wise analysis of the virtues and vices of simplicity, Westacott asks why, if almost every sage in history has praised frugal simplicity, we haven't all embraced it."--Julian Baggini, Financial Times "[The Wisdom of Frugality is] not primarily an attempt to retrieve the ancient philosophical art of living (and writing) simply. It's an attempt to evaluate that tradition, and its contemporary echoes and amendments, at a time when life has arguably never been so complicated, distracted, and encumbered... [Westacott] articulates and examines every argument you can think of, and numerous others that never would have occurred to you, for a frugal, materially minimal life. And in careful counterpoint throughout this book, he sets forth just about every conceivable objection to seeking such a life."--Lawrence Klepp, Weekly Standard "[The Wisdom of Frugality] brings a rigorous treatment of an important question within the reach of an informed reader who is not necessarily a philosopher per se."--Choice "Emrys Westacott is erudite and provocative... In an age when much that passes for thinking is starved of its necessary complexity, Westacott has created a refreshingly multi-dimensional book. He persuades with one convincing argument then considers its near-opposite, encouraging the reader to wonder, 'What do my assumptions reveal ... what are they allowing and disallowing?'"--Stephanie Dowrick, Sydney Morning HeraldTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION 1 1 What Is Simplicity? 9 2 Why Simple Living Is Supposed to Improve Us 40 3 Why Simple Living Is Thought to Make Us Happier 73 4 Why the Philosophy of Frugality Is a Hard Sell 136 5 The Pros and Cons of Extravagance 163 6 The Philosophy of Frugality in a Modern Economy 200 7 The Environmentalist Case for Simple Living 249 CONCLUSION 275 Acknowledgments 289 Notes 293 Index 307
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Princeton University Press Nietzsches Great Politics
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The task that Hugo Drochon sets himself is to reinsert some political content into Nietzsche and show that he had a systematic political theory. The result is a superb case of deep intellectual renewal and the most important book to have been written about him in the past few years."--Gavin Jacobson, New Statesman "This book is not so much a reclamation of his [Nietzsche's] thinking on the subject as a reconstruction of the development of political thinking in the philosopher's works, so often missed by those who require thinking and expression less profound to make sense of such. Coherent, detailed and balanced."--Daniel Binney, Times Higher Education "The book achieves its stated goal with aplomb as it follows the development of political ideas in Nietzsche's works, and it deserves to become a standard reference text for advanced students and Nietzsche scholars."--Mina Mitreva, Past Imperfect "In this compelling and accessible study, Drochon--a historian of 19th- and 20th-century political thought--argues the affirmative case, contending that Nietzsche articulated a 'great politics' centered on the unification of Continental Europe under the aegis of a cultivated, interbred class of superior individuals who would ultimately lead a geopolitical struggle against Great Britain and Russia for world supremacy... One can find lots of books on Nietzsche, but this one stands out for its clarity and excellence."--Choice "[Nietzsche's Great Politics] is among the most illuminating studies that have been written on the topic of Nietzsche's political thought... Those who confidently maintain that Nietzsche has no 'politics' will be forced, if not to abandon their view completely, then seriously to reconsider it."--Andrew Huddleston, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "A thought-provoking contribution to the debate over Nietzsche's politics... [It] contains plenty to interest the contemporary Nietzsche scholar, providing insight into Nietzsche's political statements and offering a tantalising glimpse into his preparations for a great role in the politics of his age."--Simon Townsend, Contemporary Political TheoryTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix EDITIONS AND TRANSLATIONS USED xiii ABBREVIATIONS xv INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 1. THE GREEKS 24 SOCRATES AND GREEK CULTURE 26 PLATO'S LEGISLATIVE MISSION 36 CONCLUSION 47 CHAPTER 2. THE STATE 49 WAGNER AND SLAVERY 52 "THE GREEK STATE" 55 THE DECAY OF THE MODERN STATE 60 BEYOND THE MODERN STATE 64 CONCLUSION 67 CHAPTER 3. DEMOCRACY 71 DEMOCRACY IN THE KAISERREICH 75 DEMOCRACY AND ARISTOCRACY 78 MISARCHISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND HERD MORALITY 80 DEGENERATION AND THE GOOD EUROPEAN 82 CASTE SOCIETY 88 SLAVERY 91 CONCLUSION 97 CHAPTER 4. PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICS 105 THE WILL TO POWER 106 THE ETERNAL RETURN 110 THE OVERMAN 115 CONCLUSION: POLITICAL PERFECTIONISM 126 CHAPTER 5. REVALUATION 129 NIETZSCHE'S NACHLASS AND HIS LAST WORKS 135 THE PASSAGE A L'ACTE 144 CONCLUSION 151 CHAPTER 6. GREAT POLITICS 153 PETTY POLITICS 156 GREAT POLITICS 160 RELEARNING POLITICS 165 THE WAR OF SPIRITS 170 CONCLUSION 176 CONCLUSION: NIETZSCHE NOW 180 BIBLIOGRAPHY 185 INDEX 197
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Princeton University Press Nietzsches Jewish Problem Between AntiSemitism
Book SynopsisFor more than a century, Nietzsche's views about Jews and Judaism have been subject to countless polemics. The Nazis infamously fashioned the philosopher as their anti-Semitic precursor, while in the past thirty years the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction. The increasingly popular view today is that Nietzsche was not only completely freeTrade Review"[A] deft, cogent presentation."--Choice "The sober investigation of unpublished documents, an endeavor Holub conducts with enthusiasm, is surely a great service to the historical literature, and Nietzsche's Jewish Problem will likely become the definitive work on its subject."--Jewish Review of BooksTable of ContentsA Note on Citations ix Preface xi Chapter One The Rise and Fall of Nietzschean Anti-Semitism 1 Chapter Two Youthful Remarks and Encounters 31 Chapter Three The Wagnerian Vanguard 49 Chapter Four An Ambivalent Course 89 Chapter Five Anti-Semitic Confrontations 125 Chapter Six Priests, Israelites, Chandalas 166 Conclusion 204 Notes 215 Bibliography 249 Index 259
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Princeton University Press After Hegel
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is an invaluable exercise in broadening one's historical and cultural understanding; one should think twice about the traditional view that 1840-1900 is a period of only transforming Hegelianism into Marxism and Existentialism. Ironically, then, Beiser's lesson about the history of 19th century postHegelian Philosophy in Germany is a Hegelian one. The traditional narrative is onesided, and one ought to be thankful for the clear and engaging way Beiser reveals this."--Paul Giladi, Marx and Philosophy "Beiser is arguably the most prolific and informative historian working on nineteenth-century German philosophy in the English language today... [His] work is to be commended for its clarity of writing, historical accuracy and scholarly research."--Borna Radnik, Radical PhilosophyTable of ContentsPreface ix Introduction 1 1. A Revolutionary Half Century 1 2. The Standard Narratives 7 3. Method 13 1 The Identity Crisis of Philosophy 15 1. Sources of the Crisis 15 2. Trendelenburg's Philosophia Perennis 19 3. Philosophy as Critique 22 4. Schopenhauer's Revival of Metaphysics 28 5. Rise and Fall of the Neo-Kantian Ideal 36 6. Eduard von Hartmann's Metaphysics of the Sciences 45 7. Dilthey and Worldviews 48 2 The Materialism Controversy 53 1. Context and Causes 53 2. The Controversy Begins: Wagner versus Vogt 56 3. Philosophical Struwwelpeter 62 4. The Bible of Materialism 70 5. Schopenhauer Enters the Fray 77 6. Czolbe's Sensualism 84 7. Friedrich Lange, Neo-Kantian and Materialist Manque 89 3 The ignorabimus Controversy 97 1. Du Bois-Reymond's Speech: Content and Context 97 2. Hartmann's Defense of Metaphysics 104 3. The Materialist Position 108 4. Lange's Defense of Du Bois-Reymond 112 5. Nageli's Methodological Materialism 116 6. Dilthey on the Virtues and Vices of Naturalism 120 7. A Mask and a Martyr 123 8. Haeckel's Last Stand 128 4 Trials and Tribulations of Clio 133 1. History as a Science 133 2. Historical Objectivity? 140 3. The Battle against Positivism 145 4. Positivist Misunderstandings of Historicism 154 5 The Pessimism Controversy 158 1. A Forgotten Controversy 158 2. Schopenhauer's Pessimism 161 3. The Neo-Kantian Crusade 166 4. Duhring on the Value of Life 172 5. Hartmann's Pessimism 184 6. Hartmann's Self-Defense 190 7. The Value of Work 194 8. Aesthetic Redemption 200 9. Love 207 Appendix: Two Forgotten Women Philosophers 217 Further Reading 221 Index 229
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Princeton University Press Analytic Philosophy in America And Other
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[T]he book offers a good overview of the most important problems and controversies of analytic philosophy, especially those related to philosophy of language. One will also appreciate the author's constant effort to propose critical remarks and to consider contemporary debates... Soames ... provides us with a stimulating volume for those generally interested by the history and actuality of the analytic tradition."--Alexandre Declos, Metapsychology Online ReviewsTable of ContentsIntroduction ix Origins of the Essays xxv PART ONE Milestones 1 Analytic Philosophy in America (2008) 3 2 Methodology in Late Nineteenth-and Early Twentieth-Century Analytic Philosophy (forthcoming) 35 3 Language, Meaning, and Information: A Case Study on the Path from Philosophy to Science 60 4 For Want of Cognitively Defined Propositions: A History of Insights and Lost Philosophical Opportunities 71 5 The Place of Willard Van Orman Quine in Analytic Philosophy (2013) 104 6 David Lewis's Place in Analytic Philosophy (forthcoming) 139 7 Kripke on Epistemic and Metaphysical Possibility: Two Routes to the Necessary A Posteriori (2011) 167 PART TWO Historical Problems and Controversies 8 What Is the Frege/Russell Analysis of Quantification? 191 9 No Class: Russell on Contextual Definition and the Elimination of Sets (2008) 200 10 Ontology, Analyticity, and Meaning: The Quine-Carnap Dispute (2009) 207 PART THREE Current Topics 11 Two Versions of Millianism (2012) 231 12 What Are Natural Kinds? (2007) 265 13 Vagueness and the Law (2012) 281 14 Toward a Theory of Legal Interpretation (2012) 299 15 Deferentialism: A Post-Originalist Theory of Legal Interpretation (2013) 321 Index 343
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Princeton University Press The Wind From the East
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The Wind From the East must be regarded as a monument of committed scholarship. It is also a fascinating chronicle of people who, however ludicrous they may seem at times, did on occasion think and act with profound seriousness. For that reason the book is a valuable addition to the literature of the era."--David Gress, Wall Street Journal "Wolin surveys a wide range of French intellectuals' responses to Mao's China. The best of these responses creatively appropriate the concept of cultural revolution, leading to a new libertarianism and to the embrace of causes such as gay rights, women's liberation, and prison reform; the worst of them became fatally compromised by a blind endorsement of the crimes of Chinese communism... Wolin skewers irresponsible intellectual posturing in a manner reminiscent of the late Tony Judt, but reveals an underlying sympathy with the goals and ideals, if not always with the choices, of the Gauchistes. A masterful performance."--Choice "Even as he is documenting the delusions of the sixty-eighters--often with considerable wit, and with a seemingly encyclopedic familiarity--Wolin grants credence to their skewed perception of the status quo in France and in the West more generally. Disagreements and exasperations aside, I found this book compulsively readable. The history of Sixties is a long way from being exhausted."--John Wilson, Books & Culture "[A] fascinating and dispassionate account of one of the more curious follies of recent times."--Jeremy Jennings, Standpoint "Wolin argues that fascination with the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution reflected, not simply a taste for exoticism, but a delayed response to postwar capitalist modernisation."--Scott McLemee, The National "Richard Wolin has provided us with an informative and readable account of a fascinating episode in twentieth-century French intellectual history, knowledgeably placing it into its wider biographical and political contexts."--Moritz Follmer, French History "The Wind from the East tells the story of the '68 generation with a much needed awareness of the complexities of its intellectual odyssey. It is, in the end, a meditation of considerable depth on the formation of political judgments. As such, it is an important book, both within the field of French history and beyond."--Michael C. Behrent, H-France Review "The Wind from the East will be a rewarding and exciting reading for all those with an interest in French studies, politics, and intellectual history."--Viola Brisolin, European Legacy
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Princeton University Press Irrationality
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year""Irrationality is . . . stippled with fascinating meditations and vignettes."---Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Review of Books"Irrationality is unique among recent paeans to Enlightenment and liberalism in marrying a resolute defence of reason with a recognition of how futile such defences tend to be. As Smith expertly reveals, wherever one looks in the history of Western philosophy, rationality is haunted and teased by its other."---William Davies, London Review of Books"Smith is an excellent dramatizer of this dialectic, a witty and provocative guide leading the reader through chapters on logic . . . pseudoscience . . . and death . . . with a distinctive voice and considerable wit."---Jonathan Egid, Times Literary Supplement
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Princeton University Press What Is the Present
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year"
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Princeton University Press Reading Machiavelli
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year""This analysis should be essential to any comprehensive treatment of the Florentine’s thought."---R. Heineman, Choice
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Princeton University Press On Purpose
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A deeply intelligent book that treats key thinkers in philosophy, religion and the sciences fairly, humorously and with a virtuosity reflecting more than half a century in the field."—Paul Biegler, Cosmos"[Ruse] revels in the arguments that philosophers, scientists and religious saints have had over 'the big picture' for the past 2,000 years."—John Farrell, Wall Street Journal"Ruse takes readers on a historical and constructive tour through one of the most importunate issues in basic metaphysics: is there any purpose behind the things—the universe, humans, nature, et al.—that are, and, if so, what is its nature and where does it come from?"—Library Journal"On Purpose is a book that represents Ruse at his most wide-ranging and engaging. . . . [He] is akin to the most enthusiastic and entertaining tour guide one could have through an already compelling exhibit at a museum."—Mark E. Borrello, Quarterly Review of Biology
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Princeton University Press Against Political Equality
Book SynopsisTrade Review"An insightful guide to a mode of thinking becoming ever stronger in a China that has turned strongly against liberalism."---Rana Mitter, Financial Times"Sprawling and ambitious. . . . A great accomplishment."---Russell Arben Fox, The Review of Politics"An important contribution to contemporary Confucian political theory."---Sungmoon Kim, The Review of Politics
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Princeton University Press The Two Greatest Ideas
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A profoundly insightful and indeed magisterial new book. . . . [The Two Greatest Ideas] is a wild and informative ride through the centuries and up to what may intellectually come next in the human adventure. It was a marvel of an experience."---Tom V. Morris, Plato's Lemonade Stand: Stirring Change into Something Great"Zagzebski offers a fascinating meta-level view of these two foundational ideas, taking readers on a journey that includes the many connections between cultural developments, not least the current politically polarized situation in the US. The book is well written and should be accessible to intelligent lay readers." * Choice *"A brilliant, panoramic and original contribution to the history of ideas, providing a new framework that sheds light on many of our current social and political tensions."---David Lorimer, Paradigm Explorer"[A]n ambitious essay in intellectual history. . . . [Zagzebski] has written a highly original study of what it is that makes the modern world modern."---John Crosby, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly
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Princeton University Press The Art of Chinese Philosophy
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[The Art of Chinese Philosophy] is a book I’d wanted to find before: a lucid, but not simplifying, introduction to eight classic texts, full of lapidary poetry."---Hannah Sullivan, Times Literary Supplement"Goldin’s book offers a wealth of insights. It should become a standard reference for historically informed work on Chinese philosophy, and a neccessary starting point for better interpretations of Chinese philosophical texts."---Joel Baranowski, Journal of Chinese Philosophy"Paul Goldin’s book gives us the text, makes it accessible and leads us through a first interpretation, and it does this very well. . . . As with any work of art, the key is to learn – and teach – to see for ourselves. Goldin’s book is well placed to get us started."---Yi Chen, Journal of East Asian Philosophy
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Princeton University Press The Art of Chinese Philosophy
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[The Art of Chinese Philosophy] is a book I’d wanted to find before: a lucid, but not simplifying, introduction to eight classic texts, full of lapidary poetry."---Hannah Sullivan, Times Literary Supplement
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Princeton University Press The Failures of Philosophy
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Gaukroger displays a remarkably broad range: his sweep of knowledge is truly impressive. . . . Many of his local observations are startling, in a good way; he asks those of us who study the figures he discusses to step back and reflect on their ultimate objectives, their successes, and, yes, their failures."---Christopher Shields, MIND"Gaukroger’s narrative is creative and convincing, extremely dense and elegant at the same time, based on a jaw-dropping breadth and depth of scholarship. . . . All this is a rather convoluted way of saying that to my mind, our losses are not as great as they may seem: the fact that we have Stephen Gaukroger’s brilliant studies to read makes up in no small part for the failures of philosophy."---Jeroen Bouterse, 3 Quarks Daily
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Princeton University Press Irrationality
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Princeton University Press The Battle of the Gods and Giants
Book SynopsisBy the mid-1600s, the commonsense, manifest picture of the world associated with Aristotle had been undermined by skeptical arguments on the one hand and by the rise of the New Science on the other. What would be the scientific image to succeed the Aristotelian model? Thomas Lennon argues here that the contest between the supporters of Descartes anTrade Review"Lennon is arguing for a major reinterpretation of early modern philosophy... The book is clearly written and well-argued."--Review of MetaphysicsTable of ContentsPrefaceNote on DocumentationIThe Philosophical Terrain31The Gassendist Failure32The Gassendist Success263The Interminable Battle344Other Wars52IIThe Giants of the Seventeenth Century635Dramatis Personae636Mind versus Flesh1067Gassendist Theories of Space: Apotheosis and Annihilation1178Physical and Metaphysical Atomism137IIILocke: Gassendist Anti-Cartesian1499Locke and Gassendi14910Locke and Descartes16311Enthusiasm169IVThe Gods of the Seventeenth Century19112Descartes's Idealism19113Malebranche's Realism21014Malebranche's Idealism229VIdeas and Representation24015Two Patterns of Ideas24016Arguments for Representationalism24817Two Versions of the Causal Argument255VIThe Untouchable and the Uncuttable27418Space and Solidity27619Simple and Complex Ideas28820Primary and Secondary Qualities29821Powers30422Matter and Creation30923The Bestial Soul314VIIInnateness, Abstraction, and Essences33424Innateness33425Essences and Abstraction34026The Polemic with Stillingfleet354VIIIPhilosophy and the Historiography of Philosophy36727Dissimulation and Meaning36828What Locke Said37429Two Camps of Historians37830History and Interpretation383Works Cited393Index411
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Princeton University Press Philosophy and Argumentation in ThirdCentury
Book SynopsisA valuable source of information on third-century Chinese argumentation and thought, the essays are eloquent, clear, and to the point; humorous at times; philosophically subtle; and psychologically perceptive. They treat matters of perennial concern--immortality, the nature of morality, the relation of music to emotion--and should be of interest toTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 1*Translator's Note, pg. 17*An Essay on Nourishing Life, pg. 21*A Refutation of Hsi K'ang's Essay on Nourishing Life, pg. 31*An Answer to Hsiang Hsiu's Refutation of My Essay on Nourishing Life, pg. 38*Music Has in It Neither Grief nor Joy, pg. 71*Dispelling Self-interest, pg. 107*An Essay on Kuan and Ts'ai, pg. 120*An Essay on Wisdom and Courage, pg. 126*People Naturally Delight in Learning, pg. 135*A Refutation of Chang Miao's Essay-People Naturally Delight in Learning, pg. 139*Residence is Devoid of Good and Bad Fortune: You Must Rather Preserve Your Life, pg. 144*A Refutation of Juan K'an's Essay-Residence is Devoid of Good and Bad Fortune: You Must Rather Preserve Your Life, pg. 155*An Explanation to Hsi K'ang's Refutation of My Essay-Residence is Devoid of Good and Bad Fortune: You Must Rather Preserve Your Life, pg. 169*An Answer to Juan K'an's Explanation to My Refutation of His Essay-Residence is Devoid of Good and Bad Fortune: You Must Rather Preserve Your life, pg. 180*A Selected Bibliography of Studies of Hsi K'ang and the Thought of the Times, pg. 201*Index-Glossary, pg. 203
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Princeton University Press Thought
Book SynopsisThoughts and other mental states are defined by their role in a functional system. Since it is easier to determine when we have knowledge than when reasoning has occurred, Gilbert Harman attempts to answer the latter question by seeing what assumptions about reasoning would best account for when we have knowledge and when not. He describes induction as inference to the best explanation, or more precisely as a modification of beliefs that seeks to minimize change and maximize explanatory coherence.Originally published in 1973.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*Chapter 1. Introduction, pg. 1*Chapter 2. Reasons and Reasoning, pg. 24*Chapter 3. Mental Processes, pg. 34*Chapter 4. Thought and Meaning, pg. 54*Chapter 5. Truth and Structure, pg. 67*Chapter 6. Thought and Language, pg. 84*Chapter 7. Knowledge and Probability, pg. 112*Chapter 8. Knowledge and Explanation, pg. 126*Chapter 9. Evidence One Does Not Possess, pg. 142*Chapter 10. Conclusions as Total Views, pg. 155*Chapter 11. Inference in Perception, pg. 173*Chapter 12. Inference in Memory, pg. 189*References, pg. 195*Index, pg. 197
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Princeton University Press The Battle of the Gods and Giants
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Lennon is arguing for a major reinterpretation of early modern philosophy... The book is clearly written and well-argued."--Review of MetaphysicsTable of ContentsPrefaceNote on DocumentationIThe Philosophical Terrain31The Gassendist Failure32The Gassendist Success263The Interminable Battle344Other Wars52IIThe Giants of the Seventeenth Century635Dramatis Personae636Mind versus Flesh1067Gassendist Theories of Space: Apotheosis and Annihilation1178Physical and Metaphysical Atomism137IIILocke: Gassendist Anti-Cartesian1499Locke and Gassendi14910Locke and Descartes16311Enthusiasm169IVThe Gods of the Seventeenth Century19112Descartes's Idealism19113Malebranche's Realism21014Malebranche's Idealism229VIdeas and Representation24015Two Patterns of Ideas24016Arguments for Representationalism24817Two Versions of the Causal Argument255VIThe Untouchable and the Uncuttable27418Space and Solidity27619Simple and Complex Ideas28820Primary and Secondary Qualities29821Powers30422Matter and Creation30923The Bestial Soul314VIIInnateness, Abstraction, and Essences33424Innateness33425Essences and Abstraction34026The Polemic with Stillingfleet354VIIIPhilosophy and the Historiography of Philosophy36727Dissimulation and Meaning36828What Locke Said37429Two Camps of Historians37830History and Interpretation383Works Cited393Index411
£124.00
Voltaire Foundation Candide Les Oeuvres Compltes de Voltaire Vol 48
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Voltaire Foundation Parite de la Vie et de la Mort La Reponse du
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LUP - Voltaire Foundation Diderot and Rousseau Networks of Enlightenment
Book SynopsisTrade Review…plus qu’une simple collection d’articles, le volume permet d’apprécier, pour ainsi dire "de haut", la cohérence de la carrière de Marian Hobson, et de prendre la mesure de la considérable contribution qu’elle laisse aux études diderotiennes.- Recherches sur Diderot et l’EncyclopédieThis is an inspiring volume that has much to teach scholars of the Enlightenment hailing from a broad range of disciplines.- H-France ReviewWritten in French, Hobson’s early articles from the 1970s played a major role in the new reading of key Enlightenment texts that emerged in the wake of post-structuralism and in particular the work of Jacques Derrida. It is a pleasure to read them again in Tunstall and Warman;s fine translations. They are as acute and relevant today as ever. […] I would argue that Hobson’s readings exemplify ‘deconstructive’ reading at its best: philosophically rigorous, historically precise, and attuned to the text in all its multifarious affiliations and subcurrents.- French StudiesTable of ContentsKate E. Tunstall and Caroline Warman, Opening lines1. Introduction. From Diderot to Rousseau via Rameau (2005)I. The Paradoxe sur le comédien2. The Paradoxe sur le comédien is a paradox (1973)3. Sensibility and spectacle: the medical context for the Paradoxe (1977)II. Le Neveu de Rameau4. Pantomime, spasm and parataxis: Le Neveu de Rameau (1984) 5. Deictics and dialectics in Le Neveu de Rameau (1992)6. Lists, parataxis and Le Neveu de Rameau (1995)III. Causality7. Jacques le fataliste: the art of the probable (1985)8. ‘Nexus effectivus’ and ‘nexus finalis’; causality in Rousseau’s Discours sur l’inégalité and the Essai sur l’origine des langues (1992)IV. Aesthetics9. Philosophy and Rococo style (2002)10. Diderot’s Lettre sur les sourds et muets: language and labyrinth (1976)11. Kant, Rousseau and music (1980)V. Measurement12. Architecture, analogy and proportion (1991)13. How to take the measure of a character (2002)14. Measuring statues, or, special neutrality (2004)BibliographyIndex
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Voltaire Foundation Correspondance de Pierre Bayle Janvier 17031706
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LUP - Voltaire Foundation Lessing and the German Enlightenment
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewFor both students and scholars, this volume offers an informative and up-to-date overview of the most essential research topics in this area and poses questions that open up opportunities for further research and development.- Eighteenth-century studiesTable of ContentsRitchie Robertson, PrefaceNote on referencesH. B. Nisbet, Lessing’s achievementRomira Worvill, Lessing and the French EnlightenmentAlexander Košenina and Ritchie Robertson, Lessing as journalist and controversialistRichard E. Schade, Lessing’s poetryJohn T. Hamilton, Reception, gratitude and obligation: Lessing and the classical traditionJason Gaiger, The contemporaneity of Lessing’s aestheticsThomas Martinec, Lessing’s dramatic theoryFrancis Lamport, ‘Solcher Väter giebt es keinen mehr’: paternal authority in Lessing’s tragediesK. F. Hilliard, Lessing’s comediesJonathan M. Hess, Lessing and German–Jewish culture: a reappraisalAdam Sutcliffe, Lessing and tolerationDavid Hill, Enlightenment as a historical process: Ernst und Falk and Die Erziehung des Menschengeschlechts Christoph Bultmann, Lessing and the BibleKarl S. Guthke, Lessing and scienceA chronology of the life and major works of Gotthold Ephraim LessingSummariesList of contributorsBibliographyIndex
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LUP - Voltaire Foundation Berkeley Revisited moral social and political
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsSébastien Charles, IntroductionHeta Aleksandra Gylling, Berkeley as a worldly philosopherArtem Besedin, Berkeley on the natural laws of societyDaniel E. Flage, Ethics in AlciphronStephen H. Daniel, Berkeley, Hobbes and the constitution of the selfRichard J. Van Iten, Berkeley’s pragmatic bent: its implications for his social philosophyMelissa Frankel, Actions, behaviours and volitions in Berkeley’s moral philosophyTimo Airaksinen, Vulgar thoughts: Berkeley on responsibility and freedomHugh Hunter, Berkeley on doing good and meaning wellMarta Szymańska-Lewoszewska, Berkeley’s double understanding of ‘social appetite’Scott Breuninger, Improving the health of the nation: Berkeley, virtue and IrelandSébastien Charles, De Pascal à Locke: la reprise berkeleyenne des enjeux philosophiques concernant la tolérance religieuse et civileMarc A. Hight, Berkeley on economic bubblesAdam Grzelinski, George Berkeley’s understanding of beauty and his polemic with ShaftesburyJérémy Girard, La bonne société d’après Berkeley: entre éducation religieuse et coutume raisonnableNancy Kendrick, Berkeley’s Bermuda project and The Ladies libraryPascal Taranto, Le travail de la sagesse: philosophie et exercice spirituel chez George Berkeley
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