The good life in the scientific revolution : Descartes, Pascal, Leibniz, and the cultivation of virtue / Matthew L. Jones.
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TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 384 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
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- online resource
- 9780226409566
- 0226409562
- 1281957232
- 9781281957238
- 9786611957230
- 6611957235
- Descartes, René, 1596-1650
- Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662
- Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716
- Descartes, René, 1596-1650
- Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662
- Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716
- Descartes, René, 1596-1650
- Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716
- Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662
- Science -- History -- 17th century
- Mathematics -- Philosophy -- History -- 17th century
- Science -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Sciences -- Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Mathématiques -- Philosophie -- Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Sciences -- Aspect moral
- SCIENCE -- History
- Mathematics -- Philosophy
- Science
- Science -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Natuurwetenschappen
- Wiskunde
- Filosofie
- Ethische aspecten
- 1600-1699
- 509.032 22
- Q125.2 .J66 2006eb
- CF 1250
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-361) and index.
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List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; A Note on Conventions; Introduction; PART 1 : DESCARTES; 1 Geometry as Spiritual Exercise; 2 A Rhetorical History of Truth; PART 2 : PASCAL; 3 Mathematical Liaisons; 4 The Anthropology of Disproportion; PART 3 : LEIBNIZ; 5 Forms of Expression; 6 Seeing All at Once; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Amid the unrest, dislocation, and uncertainty of seventeenth-century Europe, readers seeking consolation and assurance turned to philosophical and scientific books that offered ways of conquering fears and training the mind?guidance for living a good life. The Good Life in the Scientific Revolution presents a triptych showing how three key early modern scientists, René Descartes, Blaise Pascal, and Gottfried Leibniz, envisioned their new work as useful for cultivating virtue and for pursuing a good life. Their scientific and philosophical innovations stemmed in part from their understanding of.
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