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Peter R. Dear
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Foreword vii
- Contents ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Author’s Note on Translations xiii
- 1. Introduction 1
- 2. Humanism and the Implications of Rhetoric 9
- 3. Dialectic, Probabilism, and “Mitigated Scepticism” 23
- 4. Aristotelian Science and the Metaphysics of Mathematics 48
- 5. Saint Augustine and Universal Harmony 80
- 6. Mechanics, Music, and Harmony 117
- 7. Philosophical Systems, Essentialism, and the Language of Philosophy 170
- 8. Mersenne’s Later Career: A Philosophical Agenda and Its Limitations 201
- 9. Summary and Conclusions 223
- Bibliography 239
- Index 261
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Foreword vii
- Contents ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Author’s Note on Translations xiii
- 1. Introduction 1
- 2. Humanism and the Implications of Rhetoric 9
- 3. Dialectic, Probabilism, and “Mitigated Scepticism” 23
- 4. Aristotelian Science and the Metaphysics of Mathematics 48
- 5. Saint Augustine and Universal Harmony 80
- 6. Mechanics, Music, and Harmony 117
- 7. Philosophical Systems, Essentialism, and the Language of Philosophy 170
- 8. Mersenne’s Later Career: A Philosophical Agenda and Its Limitations 201
- 9. Summary and Conclusions 223
- Bibliography 239
- Index 261
