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Autore |
Lovejoy Arthur O (Arthur Oncken), <1873-1962.> |
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Titolo |
The great chain of being [[electronic resource] ] : a study of the history of an idea : the William James lectures delivered at Harvard University, 1933 / / by Arthur O. Lovejoy |
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Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, c1964 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (ix, 382p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Continuity |
Chain of being (Philosophy) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-373) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- I. Introduction: the Study of the History of Ideas -- II. The Genesis of the Idea in Greek Philosophy: the Three Principles -- III. The Chain of Being and Some Internal Conflicts in Medieval Thought -- IV. The Principle of Plenitude and the New Cosmography -- V. Plenitude and Sufficient Reason in Leibniz and Spinoza -- VI. The Chain of Being in Eighteenth-Century Thought, and Man's Place and Role in Nature -- VII. The Principle of Plenitude and Eighteenth-Century Optimism -- VIII. The Chain of Being and Some Aspects of Eighteenth- Century Biology -- IX. The Temporalizing of the Chain of Being -- X. Romanticism and the Principle of Plenitude -- XI. The Outcome of the History and Its Moral -- Notes -- Index of Names and Subjects |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Paper mosaics, silk screen prints, fold-outs, silhouettes, and other types of cards to make yourself. |
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