Epicureanism at the origins of modernity
By: Catherine Wilson.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Clarendon Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780199238811
Subjects: Epicureans (Greek philosophy); Atomism; Materialism; Mechanism (Philosophy); Philosophy, Modern
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Atomism and mechanism; title: Corpuscular effluvia : between imagination and experiment; title: Order and disorder; title: Mortality and metaphysics; title: Empiricism and mortalism; title: Some rival systems; title: The social contract; title: The problem of materialism in the new essays; title: Robert Boyle and the study of nature; title: The sweetness of living.