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

ISBN-13: 9780415170543 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 167 str.

Stephen Gaukroger

Opis

The self-image of the 17th century is that of an era in which reason finally overcame superstition and ignorance. But the institution of reason was seen to require the removal of various obstacles to reason, and among these the passions figures predominantly. This led to a study of cognitive states and what resulted was a transformation of the understanding of the reason. This book seeks to reconstruct the thinking of 17th-century philosophers, theologians, artists and physicians, on the nature of passions. The author explains that although there were inevitable overlaps, the interests of each group were distinctive.

Spis treści

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;

O autorze

Reader in Philosophy at the University of Sydney, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities. He has written several books, including Descartes: An Intellectual Biography, Cartesian Logic, and Arnauld: On True and False Ideas.