Locke

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-521-81786-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 558 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1050 g

This is the first comprehensive biography in over fifty years of John Locke - 'a man of versatile mind, fitted for whatever you shall undertake', as one of his many friends aptly described him. Against an exciting background of Civil War, religious intolerance, political struggles and plots, and the Glorious Revolution of 1688, it interweaves the events of Locke's rather varied life with detailed expositions of his developing ideas in medicine, epistemology, religion, and economics. It describes a private life of close friendships and warm companionship, and an increasingly visible public life - Oxford tutor, associate of Shaftesbury, dutiful civil servant. Locke's abiding desire was for quiet residence in his Oxford college engaged in the study and practice of medicine and natural philosophy, yet after years in political exile, he finally became an over-worked but influential public servant. He is seen now as one of the most significant early modern philosophers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Woolhouse, Roger

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: a man of versatile mind; 1. Upbringing and education (1632-1658); 2. College offices and medical studies (1659-1667); 3. Exeter House, London (1666-1675); 4. France (November 1675-May 1679); 5. Thanet House and London (May 1679-September 1683); 6. Holland and the United Provinces (1683-1688); 7. London (February 1689-December 1690); 8. Oates (January 1691-December 1695); 9. 'A gentleman's duty' (December 1695-March 1700); 10. 'Laying down his place' (March 1700-October 1704).

Über Autor(innen)

Woolhouse, Roger
Roger Woolhouse is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of York. He has written on aspects of the history of philosophy and philosophy of science, and is author of many journal articles and books, including Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz and, with R. Francks, Leibniz's New System and Leibniz: Philosophical Texts.