Time and the science of the soul in early modern philosophy / / by Michael Edwards.
For many early modern philosophers, particularly those influenced by Aristotle’s Physics and De anima , time had an intimate connection to the human rational soul. This connection had wide-ranging implications for metaphysics, natural philosophy and politics: at its heart was the assumption that man...
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| Superior document: | Brill's studies in intellectual history, volume 224 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden [Netherlands] : : Brill,, 2013. |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
v. 224. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | For many early modern philosophers, particularly those influenced by Aristotle’s Physics and De anima , time had an intimate connection to the human rational soul. This connection had wide-ranging implications for metaphysics, natural philosophy and politics: at its heart was the assumption that man was not only a rational, but also a temporal, animal. In Time and the Science of the Soul in Early Modern Philosophy , Michael Edwards traces this connection from late Aristotelian commentaries and philosophical textbooks to the natural and political philosophy of two of the best-known ‘new philosophers’ of the seventeenth century, Thomas Hobbes and René Descartes. The book demonstrates both time’s importance as a philosophical problem, and the intellectual fertility and continued relevance of Aristotelian philosophy into the seventeenth century. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004232338 |
| ISSN: | 0920-8607 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Michael Edwards. |