Renaissance Early Philosophy V26, Vol. 26
In this volume leading contemporary philosophical historians of the Renaissance and Early Modern periods examine the works of important figures of the fifteenth through the eighteenth century. While Midwest Studies in Philosophy has produced other volumes devoted to historical periods in philosophy, this is the first to offer such extensive and focused original materials on specific crucial figures as this volume.\ \ \ Original papers by twenty contemporary philosophers writing about the...
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Renaissance and Early Modern Philosophy presents original papers by 20 contemporary philosophers writing about the works of the major philosophers of the Fifteenth through the Eighteenth centuries. Issues and arguments that dominated the historical periods of their subjects are explored, providing fresh insights into the work of some pivotal philosophers such as Descartes, Spinoza, and Locke, and extending the boundaries of discussion concerning their role in the history of philosophy. Furthermore, exciting and fresh perspectives are cast on some lesser-known philosophers whose work has not been studied as seriously and rigorously as their works merit. The scope of the volume is historically and philosophically broad, extending from Fifteenth Century figures as Ficino, Machiavelli, and Pompanazzi to the work of Montesquieu in the Eighteenth Century. Renaissance and Early Modern Philosophy will be a major resource for anyone pursuing serious study of this important period in the development of Western Philosophy.
"Always to do ladies, damosels, and gentlewomen succour": Women and the Chivalric Code in Malory's Morte Darthur1Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464): First Modern Philosopher?13Marsilio Ficino on Significatio30Pomponazzi: Moral Virtue in a Deterministic Universe44The Secret of Pico's Oration: Cabala and Renaissance Philosophy56Between Republic and Monarchy? Liberty, Security, and the Kingdom of France in Machiavelli82Montaigne, An Apology for Raymond Sebond: Happiness and the Poverty of Reason94The Natural Philosophy of Giordano Bruno111Francis Bacon and the Humanistic Aspects of Modernity124Hobbes's Atheism140New Wine in Old Bottles: Gassendi and the Aristotelian Origin of Physics167Descartes, Mechanics, and the Mechanical Philosophy185"Presence" and "Likeness" in Arnauld's Critique of Malebranche205Pascal's Wagers213Eternity and Immortality in Spinoza's Ethics224Occasionalism and Efficacious Laws in Malebranche245What Kind of a Skeptic Was Bayle?258From Locke's Letter to Montesquieu's Lettres280Contributors307
