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Zusatztext Clarke's book is a most useful account of a delimited portion of the history of philosophy. The work offers a broad exposition of large swatches of early modern French philosophy. To accomplish this task requires an author with a vast erudition and the command over an enormous quantity of disparate information, all of which were possessed by Clarke and are clearly on display throughout the work. Informationen zum Autor Educated in Ireland, France, and the USA, Desmond M. Clarke has taught in Ohio, Michigan, and Ireland, and has been a Jean Monnet fellow at the European University Institute. He is the recipient of a Fulbright fellowship, and a CNRS visiting fellowship, having recently participated in joint research projects with the Ecoles normales supérieures, Lyon and Paris. Clarke has published widely on Irish constitutional law and human rights law. His most recent book with OUP is The Equality of the Sexes: Three Feminist Texts of the Seventeenth Century (2013). Klappentext Desmond M. Clarke presents a thematic history of French philosophy from the middle of the sixteenth century to the beginning of Louis XIV's reign. He explores the thought of lawyers, political leaders, theologians, and scholars, in relation to topics ranging from political theory, scepticism, and ethics, to philosophy of mind and women's equality. Zusammenfassung Desmond M. Clarke presents a thematic history of French philosophy from the middle of the sixteenth century to the beginning of Louis XIV's reign. He explores the thought of lawyers, political leaders, theologians, and scholars, in relation to topics ranging from political theory, scepticism, and ethics, to philosophy of mind and women's equality. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Philosophy in Context 2: Scepticism 3: Faith and Reason 4: Natural Philosophy 5: Theories of the Human Mind 6: Ethics: the Good Life and the Moral Law 7: Political Philosophy: The Source and Limits of State Authority 8: The Equality of the Sexes Afterword Appendix: Brief Biographies Bibliography Index ...
List of contents
- 1: Philosophy in Context
- 2: Scepticism
- 3: Faith and Reason
- 4: Natural Philosophy
- 5: Theories of the Human Mind
- 6: Ethics: the Good Life and the Moral Law
- 7: Political Philosophy: The Source and Limits of State Authority
- 8: The Equality of the Sexes
- Afterword
- Appendix: Brief Biographies
- Bibliography
- Index
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All in all, Clarke has produced a comprehensive, tough-minded, and thought provoking account of a key period in philosophical history. Michael Moriarty, Journal of the History of Philosophy
