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948821
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b703191
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Jones, Matthew L., (Matthew Laurence),1972-
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The good life in the scientific revolution : : Descartes, Pascal, Leibniz, and the cultivation of virtue /\ Matthew L. Jones.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2006.
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1 online resource (xvi, 384 pages) :: illustrations
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0226409562
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: 1281957232
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: 6611957235
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: 9780226409566
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: 9781281957238
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: 9786611957230
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0226409546
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0226409554
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9780226409542
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9780226409559
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-361) and index.
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| Contents
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List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; A Note on Conventions; Introduction; PART 1 : DESCARTES; 1 Geometry as Spiritual Exercise; 2 A Rhetorical History of Truth; PART 2 : PASCAL; 3 Mathematical Liaisons; 4 The Anthropology of Disproportion; PART 3 : LEIBNIZ; 5 Forms of Expression; 6 Seeing All at Once; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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Amid the unrest, dislocation, and uncertainty of seventeenth-century Europe, readers seeking consolation and assurance turned to philosophical and scientific books that offered ways of conquering fears and training the mind?guidance for living a good life. The Good Life in the Scientific Revolution presents a triptych showing how three key early modern scientists, René Descartes, Blaise Pascal, and Gottfried Leibniz, envisioned their new work as useful for cultivating virtue and for pursuing a good life. Their scientific and philosophical innovations stemmed in part from their understanding of.
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Descartes, René,1596-1650.
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Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm,1646-1716.
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Pascal, Blaise,1623-1662.
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Descartes, René,1596-1650.
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Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm,1646-1716.
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Pascal, Blaise,1623-1662.
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Descartes, René,1596-1650.
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Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm,1646-1716.
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Pascal, Blaise,1623-1662.
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Mathematics-- Philosophy-- History-- 17th century.
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Science-- History-- 17th century.
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Science-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Mathématiques-- Philosophie-- Histoire-- 17e siècle.
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Sciences-- Aspect moral.
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Sciences-- Histoire-- 17e siècle.
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Mathematics-- Philosophy.
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SCIENCE-- History.
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Science-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Science.
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Ethische aspecten.
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Filosofie.
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Natuurwetenschappen.
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Wiskunde.
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| Dewey Classification
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509.032
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Q125.2.J66 2006eb
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CF 1250rvk
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