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Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century British Philosophers
John Yolton
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Description for Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century British Philosophers
Hardcover. A comprehensive reference source on 18th-century authors writing in the English language about philosophical ideas and issues. This work features authors taken from 1689 through to the mid-19th century, the period beginning with John Locke and ending with Dugald Stewart. Editor(s): Yolton, John W.; Price, John Vladimir; Stephens, John. Num Pages: 1000 pages, bibliographies, further reading, indexes, references. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; BG; GBC; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 167 x 108. Weight in Grams: 2336.
This is a comprehensive reference source on 18th-century authors writing in the English language about philosophical ideas and issues. It features authors taken from 1689 through to the mid-19th century, the period beginning with John Locke and ending with Dugald Stewart. The word "philosophical" is used in a wide, 18th-century sense. Therefore, the "Dictionary" includes epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, education, politics, rhetoric, science, medicine, biology, geology, chemistry and theology. The book includes short biographies of the writers, and expositions and analyses of their doctrines and ideas.
This is a comprehensive reference source on 18th-century authors writing in the English language about philosophical ideas and issues. It features authors taken from 1689 through to the mid-19th century, the period beginning with John Locke and ending with Dugald Stewart. The word "philosophical" is used in a wide, 18th-century sense. Therefore, the "Dictionary" includes epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, education, politics, rhetoric, science, medicine, biology, geology, chemistry and theology. The book includes short biographies of the writers, and expositions and analyses of their doctrines and ideas.
Product Details
Publisher
Thoemmes Continuum
Number of pages
1000
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1034
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781855061231
SKU
V9781855061231
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About John Yolton
John Yolton is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Rutgers University. John Valdimir Price was formerly Senior Lecturer and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. John Stephens is Director, Robin Waterfield, Oxford.
Reviews for Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century British Philosophers
'These two handsome, fat volumes present the reader with an impressively varied and colourful crowd of people...and the eclecticism of such large numbers of less celebrated or even frankly obscure people is impressive' 'An attempt at increasing our historical sensitivity... It does so by providing us with a deepened insight into actual or possible sources and by ... Read more