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UNINA9911034948803321 |
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Autore |
Husbands Conor |
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Titolo |
The Metaphysics of De Sade : Entropy, Modality and Quantity / / by Conor Husbands |
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Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025 |
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[1st ed. 2025.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (165 pages) |
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Religion and Philosophy Series |
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Soggetti |
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Philosophy, Modern |
Metaphysics |
Philosophy |
Economics |
Language and languages - Philosophy |
Early Modern Philosophy |
Philosophy of Economics |
Philosophy of Language |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1: Introduction: On the Necessity of a Sadean Metaphysics -- 2: Sade’s Entropic Monism -- 3: Money, Finance and Value in Sade -- 4: Sade’s Philosophy of Language -- 5: Conclusion: On the Possibility of a Sadean Ethics. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book present Sade’s core metaphysical commitments as a coherent and logical system. It analyses his central ontological principle of entropy and shows that Sade endorsed neither egoism nor materialism but was a forerunner to 19th Century thermodynamics. It then turns to his philosophy of money and finance, including his critique of phenomenology, his axiology, and his attack on theories of expected utility. It concludes by considering the extent to which a normative ethical theory can be salvaged from his otherwise largely deconstructive opus. The Metaphysics of De Sade is essential reading for all scholars and researchers of early modern philosophy. Conor Husbands is a UK based philosophical scholar with a broad variety of |
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