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OverviewA rich historical pastiche of 17th- and 18th-century philosophy, science, and religion. -G. Y. Craig, New Scientist This book, by a distinguished Italian historian of philosophy, is a worthy successor to the author's important works on Francis Bacon and on technology and the arts. First published in Italian (in 1979), it now makes available to English readers some subtly wrought arguments about the ways in which geology and anthropology challenged biblical chronology and forced changes in the philosophy of history in the early modern era. . . . [Rossi] shows that the search for new answers about human origins spanned many disciplines and involved many fascinating intellects-Bacon, Bayle, Buffon, Burnet, Descartes, Hobbes, Holbach, Hooke, Hume, Hutton, Leibniz, de Maillet, Newton, Pufendorf, Spinoza, Toland, and, most especially, Vico, whose works are impressively and freshly reevaluated here. -Nina Gelbart, American Scientist Full Product DetailsAuthor: Paolo Rossi (University of Florence) , Lydia G. CochranePublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 1.60cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.30cm Weight: 0.539kg ISBN: 9780226728322ISBN 10: 0226728323 Pages: 354 Publication Date: 15 September 1987 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationPaolo Rossi is professor of history of philosophy at the University of Florence. In 1985 he was awarded the Sarton Medal of the History of Science Society. His previous books in English include Francis Bacon: From Magic into Science, also published by the University of Chicago Press, and Philosophy, Technology, and the Arts in the Early Modern Era. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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