An edition of The world as active power (2009)

The world as active power

studies in the history of European reason

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An edition of The world as active power (2009)

The world as active power

studies in the history of European reason

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Brill
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English
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350

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Table of Contents

Plato's dualism : the cosmos as active and passive power / Juhani Pietarinen
The active principle in stoic philosophy / Havard Lokke
Plotinus on act and power / Eyjolfur Kjalar Emilsson
Power and activity in early medieval philosophy / Tomas Ekenberg
Power and possibility in Thomas Aquinas / Andreas Schmidt
Causal power in Descartes' mind-body union / Juhani Pietarinen
De novo creat : Descartes on action, interaction, and continuous creation / Timo Kajamies
Motion and reason : Hobbes's difficulties with the idea of active power / Juhani Pietarinen
Spinoza's actualist model of power/ valtteri viljanen
Leibniz on force, activity, and passivity / Arto Repo and Valtteri Viljanen
Kant on force and activity / Arto Repo and Hemmo Laiho
Differences that are none : Hegel's theory of force in the phenomenology of spirit / Andreas Schmidt
Schopenhauer's twofold dynamism / Valtteri Viljanen.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Leiden, Boston
Series
Brill's studies in intellectual history -- v. 180

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
190
Library of Congress
BD438 .W67 2009, BD438.W67 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 350 p. ;
Number of pages
350

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Open Library
OL23962027M
Internet Archive
worldasactivepow00piet_383
ISBN 13
9789004177123
LCCN
2009027839
OCLC/WorldCat
401164554

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