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Author:
Wilson, Catherine, 1951-
Title:
Epicureanism at the origins of modernity / Catherine Wilson.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
x, 304 p. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Epicureans (Greek philosophy)
Atomism.
Materialism.
Mechanism (Philosophy)
Philosophy, Modern.
Epicurisme
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-296) and index.
Contents:
Atomism and mechanism -- Corpuscular effluvia : between imagination and experiment -- Order and disorder -- Mortality and metaphysics -- Empiricism and mortalism -- Some rival systems -- The social contract -- The problem of materialism in the New essays -- Robert Boyle and the study of nature -- The sweetness of living.
ISBN:
9780199238811
0199238812
OCLC:
(OCoLC)214305953
LCCN:
2008015450
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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