Wilson, Catherine, 1951-
Epicureanism at the origins of modernity / Catherine Wilson. - Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2008. - x, 304 p. ; 25 cm. NFIC
Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-296) and index.
Atomism and mechanism -- Corpuscular effluvia : between imagination and experiment -- Order and disorder -- Mortality and metaphysics -- Empiricism and mortalism -- Some rival systems -- The social contract -- The problem of materialism in the New essays -- Robert Boyle and the study of nature -- The sweetness of living.
0199238812 9780199238811
2008015450
Epicureans (Greek philosophy)
Atomism.
Materialism.
Mechanism (Philosophy)
Philosophy, Modern.
B512 / .W55 2008
187
Epicureanism at the origins of modernity / Catherine Wilson. - Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2008. - x, 304 p. ; 25 cm. NFIC
Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-296) and index.
Atomism and mechanism -- Corpuscular effluvia : between imagination and experiment -- Order and disorder -- Mortality and metaphysics -- Empiricism and mortalism -- Some rival systems -- The social contract -- The problem of materialism in the New essays -- Robert Boyle and the study of nature -- The sweetness of living.
0199238812 9780199238811
2008015450
Epicureans (Greek philosophy)
Atomism.
Materialism.
Mechanism (Philosophy)
Philosophy, Modern.
B512 / .W55 2008
187