Hellenistic and Early Modern Philosophy

Early modern philosophers looked for inspiration to the later ancient thinkers when they rebelled against the dominant Platonic and Aristotelian traditions. The impact of the Hellenistic philosophers on such philosophers as Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, and Locke was profound and is ripe for reassessment. These new essays offer precisely that. Leading historians of philosophy explore the connections between Hellenistic and early modern philosophy by taking account of new scholarly and philosophical advances in these essays. There work provides invaluable point of reference for philosophers, historians of ideas and classicists.

Only volume showing impact of Hellenistic philosophy on early modern philosophy
Distinguished roster of contributors
Traditionally strong areas for Cambridge (ancient and early modern philosophy)

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Published: June 2003
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780521823852
Length: 344 pages
Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 21 mm
Weight: 0.63kg
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Contents

List of abbreviations
Notes on contributors
Preface Jon Miller and Brad Inwood
Introduction J. B. Schneewind
1. Stoicism in the philosophical tradition: Spinoza, Lipsius, Butler A. A. Long
2. Early modern uses of Hellenistic philosophy: Gassendi's epicurean project Margaret J. Osler
3. Locke's offices Phillip Mitsis
4. Patience sans Espérance: Leibniz's critique of stoicism Donald Rutherford
5. Epicureanism in early modern philosophy: Leibniz and his contemporaries Catherine Wilson
6. Stoics, Grotius and Spinoza on moral deliberation Jon Miller
7. The Discourse on the Method and the tradition of intellectual autobiography Stephen Menn
8. Subjectivity, ancient and modern: the Cyrenaics, Sextus and Descartes Gail Fine
9. Spinoza and Philo: the alleged mysticism in the Ethics Steven Nadler
10. Hume's scepticism and ancient scepticisms Donald C. Ainslie
11. Stoic naturalism in Butler Terence Irwin
Bibliography of primary sources
Bibliography of secondary sources
Index (general)
Index (of selected text passages).

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Jon Miller, Brad Inwood, J. B. Schneewind, A. A. Long, Margaret J. Osler, Phillip Mitsis, Donald Rutherford, Catherine Wilson, Stephen Menn, Gail Fine, Steven Nadler, Donald C. Ainslie, Terence Irwin

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Jon Miller , Queen's University, Ontario
Brad Inwood , University of Toronto

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