Overview

This new anthology of early modern philosophy enriches the possibilities for teaching this period by highlighting not only metaphysics and epistemology but also new themes such as virtue, equality and difference, education, the passions, and love. It contains the works of 43 philosophers, including traditionally taught figures such as Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, as well as less familiar writers such as Lord Shaftesbury, Anton Amo, Julien Offray de La Mettrie, and Denis Diderot. It also highlights the contributions of women philosophers, including Margaret Cavendish, Anne Conway, Gabrielle Suchon, Sor Juana Inéz de la Cruz, and Emilie Du Châtelet.

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Author:   Lisa Shapiro ,  Marcy P. Lascano
Publisher:   Broadview Press Ltd
Imprint:   Broadview Press Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 19.80cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.333kg
ISBN:  

9781554812790

ISBN 10:   1554812798
Pages:   992
Publication Date:   30 November 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Themes Timeline of TextsMichel de Montaigne (1533-1592) To the Reader Of Cannibals Apology for Raymond Sebond Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Advancement of Learning The New Organon Marie de Gournay (1566-1545) The Equality of Men and Women Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) Leviathan, Part I, 1-7, 10, and 13-15Hobbes and Bramhall on Liberty and Necessity Rene Descartes (1596-1650) Discourse on the Method, Part 1 & 2, Part 4, Part 5 (excerpts), Part 6 (excerpts) Meditations on First Philosophy Anna Maria van Schurman (1607-1678) A Dissertation on the Natural Capacity of Women for Study and Learning Madeleine de Scudéry (1607-1701) Conversations on Diverse Subjects: Of Knowledge of Ourselves and Others Henry More (1614-1687) Immortality of the Soul Ralph Cudworth (1617-1688) True Intellectual System, selections from Chapter XXXVII Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia (1618-1680) Correspondence with Descartes Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673) Poems and Fancies Philosophical Letters Observations Upon Experimental Philosophy Grounds of Natural Philosophy Anne Conway (1631-1679) Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy Gabrielle Suchon (1632-1703) Treatise on Ethics and Politics On the Celibate Life, Freely Chosen John Locke (1632-1704) Essay Concerning Human Understanding Some thoughts Concerning Education Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) Ethics Robert Hooke (1635-1703) Micrographia Madame de Maintenon (1635-1719) Dialogues: On Reason, On Constraint, On the Drawbacks of Marriage, On the Education at Saint-Cyr Addresses to Students: On the Utility of Reflection, Of the Single Life, Addresses to Faculty: Of the Education of Ladies Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) Search After Truth Isaac Newton (1642-1726) Selections from Principia Mathematica GW Leibniz (1646-1716) Discourse on Metaphysics New System of Nature, and of the Communication of Substances Theodicy: Summary of Arguments Poulain de la Barre (1647-1725) A Physical and Moral Discourse on the Equality of Both Sexes On the Education of Ladies Pierre Bayle (1647-1706) Spinoza Website: Historical and Critical Dictionary: Manicheans, Rorarius Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (c. 1648-1695) “Let Us Pretend I am Happy” Response of the Poet Damaris Cudworth, Lady Masham (1659-1708) Occasional Thoughts in Reference to a Vertuous or Christian Life Correspondence between Leibniz and Masham Mary Astell (1666-1731) A Serious Proposal to the Ladies Some Reflections upon Marriage Bernard de Mandeville (1670-1733) Grumbling of the Hive and Fable of the Bees Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713) Soliloquy Website: Inquiry Concerning Virtue Catherine Trotter Cockburn (1674-1749) Remarks on King George Berkeley (1685-1753) Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous Francis Hutcheson (1694-1746) An Inquiry Concerning the Original of our Ideas of Beauty An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions Voltaire (1694-1778) Micromégas Anton Amo (c. 1703-c. 1756) Treatise on the Art of Soberly and Accurately Philosophizing Emilie Du Chatelet (1706-1749) Selections from Foundations of Physics Discourse on Happiness La Mettrie (1709-1751) Man a Machine Thomas Reid (1710-1796) Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense David Hume (1711-1776) Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) Discourse on the Origins of Inequality Denis Diderot (1713-1784) Letter on the Blind Etienne Bonnot de Condillac (1714-1780) Treatise on Sensations Adam Smith (1723-1790) Theory of Moral Sentiments Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) Prolegomena to Any Further Metaphysics What is Enlightenment? Website: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals James Beattie (1735-1803) Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth Sophie de Grouchy (1764-1822) Letters on Sympathy

Reviews

Instructors and scholars of early modern philosophy have desperately awaited this anthology, frustrated with existing collections that present an outdated and narrow canon. Shapiro and Lascano's impressively rich compilation reflects current scholarship, which has rediscovered many previously overlooked texts and topics. This versatile anthology should work beautifully for traditional courses on early modern philosophy, for drastically reconceived courses, or for anything in between. -- Julia Jorati, University of Massachusetts, Amherst More than a textbook, this anthology is an extraordinary resource for students and scholars. Thanks to Lisa Shapiro and Marcy Lascano, we can better appreciate the wide range of questions, problems, and concerns defining the modern period. Alongside a broader than usual range of canonical thinkers, the anthology features a rich and engaging variety of contributions from early modern women philosophers. Bravo! -- Hasana Sharp, McGill University By rediscovering the philosophical writings of women and people of color, recent scholarship has made great progress in understanding the themes and thinkers in early modern philosophy. This superb anthology, balancing classic philosophical texts with texts by philosophers historically excluded from the canon, offers exciting possibilities for instructors wishing to align their courses with this pioneering new research. -- Deborah Boyle, College of Charleston This early modern collection is fresh and exciting, including traditional texts but also venturing far beyond the canon. It's a pleasure to see the likes of George Berkeley side-by-side with lesser-known figures such as Catharine Trotter Cockburn and Francis Hutcheson. Clever themes and a straightforward timeline will render it easy and appealing for teachers and students alike. -- Emily Thomas, Durham University Many will be familiar with the old narrative of early modern European philosophy--the story of three continental rationalists, three British empiricists, and Kant as the synthesizer of the two traditions. And many will be familiar with the steady erosion of that story in recent decades. Now, with this book of primary texts aimed for teachers and students of this rich and pivotal period in western philosophy, Lisa Shapiro and Marcy Lascano have provided a tremendous resource for philosophers wishing to imagine a fuller, more inclusive, and vastly more interesting history of philosophy. This book includes texts from forty-three early modern figures including many women and erstwhile unappreciated men, and it recognizes a range of genres in which philosophy was produced in these centuries. Among this volume's many virtues is the section on themes, which will be especially helpful for instructors as we build our syllabi. Some of those themes--such as love, habituation and custom, and education--show the range of issues that early modern philosophers grappled with, a range exposed by breaking out of the old canon. The study questions at the start of each philosopher's entries will provoke deep and engaged thought in the student of early modern philosophy. With this ground-breaking and inspiring text, Shapiro and Lascano have done the philosophical community an enormous service. -- Karen Detlefsen, University of Pennsylvania

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Lisa Shapiro is Professor of Philosophy at Simon Fraser University. Marcy P. Lascano is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas.

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