Gassendi's Ethics : : Freedom in a Mechanistic Universe / / Lisa T. Sarasohn.
This is the first book to explore the ethical thought of Pierre Gassendi, the seventeenth-century French priest who rehabilitated Epicurean philosophy in the Western tradition. Lisa T. Sarasohn's discussion of the relationship between Gassendi's philosophy of nature and his ethics disclose...
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Sarasohn, Lisa T., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Gassendi's Ethics : Freedom in a Mechanistic Universe / Lisa T. Sarasohn. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018] ©1996 1 online resource (256 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction: Life and Context -- CHAPTER TWO. Probability in Ethics, Natural Philosophy, and Epistemology -- CHAPTER THREE. The Ethics of Pleasure and Freedom -- CHAPTER FOUR. Gassendi; Descartes, and Their Predecessors on the Liberty of Indifference -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Astrological Threat to Freedom -- CHAPTER SIX. The Ethics of the Mechanical Universe -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Role of Freedom and Pleasure in the State and Society -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Gassendi and Locke -- CHAPTER NINE. Gassendi and the Enlightenment -- APPENDIX. The Dating of the “'Ethics” of the Syn tagma Philosophicum -- Works Cited -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star This is the first book to explore the ethical thought of Pierre Gassendi, the seventeenth-century French priest who rehabilitated Epicurean philosophy in the Western tradition. Lisa T. Sarasohn's discussion of the relationship between Gassendi's philosophy of nature and his ethics discloses the underlying unity of his philosophy and elucidates this critical figure in the intellectual revolution.Sarasohn demonstrates that Gassendi's ethics was an important part of his attempt to Christianize Epicureanism. She shows how Gassendi integrated ideas of human freedom into a neo-Epicurean ethic where pleasure is the highest good, yet maintained a consistent belief in Christian providence. These views challenged what were then the new systems of philosophy, Hobbesian materialism and Cartesian rationalism. Sarasohn places Gassendi in his historical and intellectual context, considering him in relation to contemporary philosophers and within the patronage system that conditioned his own freedom. She investigates the links between his ethical thought and philosophy of science and makes sense of his attacks on astrology. Finally, her work clarifies Pierre Gassendi's considerable influence on seventeenth-century ethical and political philosophy, particularly on the work of John Locke—and thus on the whole English liberal tradition in political philosophy. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024) Ethics. Biography & Autobiography. Philosophy & Religion. Philosophy. PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000 9783110536171 https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501718434 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501718434 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501718434/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction: Life and Context -- CHAPTER TWO. Probability in Ethics, Natural Philosophy, and Epistemology -- CHAPTER THREE. The Ethics of Pleasure and Freedom -- CHAPTER FOUR. Gassendi; Descartes, and Their Predecessors on the Liberty of Indifference -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Astrological Threat to Freedom -- CHAPTER SIX. The Ethics of the Mechanical Universe -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Role of Freedom and Pleasure in the State and Society -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Gassendi and Locke -- CHAPTER NINE. Gassendi and the Enlightenment -- APPENDIX. The Dating of the “'Ethics” of the Syn tagma Philosophicum -- Works Cited -- Index |
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