The Philosopher in Early Modern Europe

by Ian Hunter, Stephen Gaukroger, Conal Condren

Book Overview

In this groundbreaking collection of essays the history of philosophy appears in a fresh light, not as reason's progressive discovery of its universal conditions, but as a series of unreconciled disputes over the proper way to conduct oneself as a philosopher. By shifting focus from the philosopher as proxy for the universal subject of reason to the philosopher as a special persona arising from rival forms of self-cultivation, philosophy is approached...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521866464
• ISBN13: 9780521866460
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.1"