The Soft Underbelly of Reason : The Passions in the Seventeenth Century

著者名：Gaukroger, Stephen (EDT)

Routledge（2002/11/01発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9780415170543
• eISBN：9781134698141
• NDC分類：230.5

Description

This book provides a valuable understanding on the different views of the passions in the Seventeenth Century. The contributors show that fundamental questions about the nature of wisdom, goodness and beauty were understood in terms of the contrast between reason and passions in this era. Those with an interest in philosophy , the history of medicene, and women's studies will find this collection a fascinating read.

Table of Contents

Introduction , Stephen Gaukroger; Part I The nature of the passions; Chapter 1 Explaining the passions, Susan James; Chapter 2 Rationalizing the passions, Genevieve Lloyd; Part II The symbolism of the passions; Chapter 3 Reading the passions, Peter Harrison; Chapter 4 Painting the passions, Christopher Allen; Part III The physiology of the passions; Chapter 5 Controlling the passions, John Sutton; Chapter 6 Restraining the passions, Jamie C. Kassler;