Locke and French Materialism

ISBN-13: 9780198242741 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 256 str.

Yolton; John W. Yolton

Opis

This book tells for the first time the long and complex story of the involvement of Locke's suggestion that God could add to matter the power of thought in his Essay Concerning Human Understanding in the growth of French materialism. There is a discussion of the 'affaire de Prades', in which Locke's name was linked with a censored thesis at the Faculty of Theology in Paris. The similarities and differences between English "thinking matter" and the French "matiere pensante" of the philosophes are also discussed.
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Recenzje

Yolton does not confine himself to the household names; he delves deeply in the works of minor writers and in the extensive journal literature of the age ... he contributes a wholly new chapter to the intellectual history of the early modern period. His command of the primary sources is truly impressive. Yolton also has a good eye for some of the ironies of the story he has to tell.

Spis treści

Introduction; The three hypotheses; The French connection; French materialist disciples; Physical influence; David R. Boullier; Systems of philosophy; Journal presentations; Locke among the 'Philosophes'; General conclusion; Bibliography; Index

O autorze

General Editor of The Clarendon Edition of the Works of John Locke