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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958680203321

Autore

Woolhouse R. S.

Titolo

Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz : the concept of substance in seventeenth-century metaphysics / / R.S. Woolhouse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1993

ISBN

9781134877065

1134877064

9781134877072

1134877072

9781280110108

1280110104

9780203002285

0203002288

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

111

111.1

111/.1

Soggetti

Descartes, René

Philosophy, Modern

Substance (Philosophy)

Philosophy

Philosophy & Religion

Speculative Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-208) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Editions and abbreviations; Introduction; Descartes and Substance; Spinoza and Substance; Leibniz and Substance; Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz, and Extended Substance; Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz, and the Mechanics of Extended Substance; Causation, Occasionalism and Force; Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz, and Thinking Substance; Extended Substance and Thinking Substance related: 'the nature of the union between body and mind'; Uncreated and Created Substance: God and



the World; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book introduces student to the three major figures of modern philosophy known as the rationalists. It is not for complete beginners, but it is an accessible account of their thought. By concerning itself with metaphysics, and in particular substance, the book relates an important historical debate largely neglected by the contemporary debates in the once again popular area of traditional metaphysics. in philosophy. (Do Not USE)