The good life in the scientific revolution : Descartes, Pascal, Leibniz, and the cultivation of virtue /
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2006.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 384 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-361) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226409566 0226409562 1281957232 9781281957238 9786611957230 6611957235 |
