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Epicurus in the Enlightenment

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Eighteenth-century Epicureanism is often viewed as radical, anti-religious and politically dangerous. But to what extent does this simplify the ancient philosophy and underestimate its significance in Enlightenment writing?Through a pan-European analysis of Enlightenment centres from Scotland to Russia via the Netherlands, France and Germany, contributors argue that elements of classical Epicureanism were appropriated by radical and conservative writers alike. They move beyond literature and political theory to examine the application of Epicurean ideas in domains as diverse as physics, natural law, and the philosophy of language, drawing on the work of both major figures (Diderot, Hélvetius, Smith and Hume) and of lesser-known but equally influential thinkers (Johann Jacob Schmauss and Dmitrii Anichkov). This unique collaboration, bringing together historians, philosophers, political scientists and literary scholars, provides rich and varied insights into the different strategic uses of Epicureanism in the eighteenth century.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-12-04
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieOxford University Studies in the Enlightenment
Antal sidor266
FörlagVoltaire Foundation
ISBN9780729409872

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Neven Leddy and Avi S. Lifschitz, Epicurus in the Enlightenment: an introductionElodie Argaud, Bayle’s defence of Epicurus: the use and abuse of Malebranche’s Méditations chrétiennesHans W. Blom, The Epicurean motif in Dutch notions of sociability in the seventeenth centuryThomas Ahnert, Epicureanism and the transformation of natural law in the early German EnlightenmentCharles T. Wolfe, A happiness fit for organic bodies: La Mettrie’s medical EpicureanismNatania Meeker, Sexing Epicurean materialism in DiderotPierre Force, Helvétius as an Epicurean political theoristAndrew Kahn, Epicureanism in the Russian Enlightenment: Dmitrii Anichkov and atomic theoryMatthew Niblett, Man, morals and matter: Epicurus and materialist thought in England from John Toland to Joseph PriestleyJames A. Harris, The Epicurean in HumeNeven Leddy, Adam Smith’s critique of Enlightenment EpicureanismAvi S. Lifschitz, The Enlightenment revival of the Epicurean history of language and civilisationBibliographyIndex

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