The concept of love in 17th and 18th century philosophy /

""Love is joy with the accompanying idea of an external cause."" Spinoza's definition of love (Ethics Book 3, Prop. LIX) manifests a major paradigm shift achieved by seventeenth century Europe in which the emotions, formerly seen as normative ""forces of nature, &q...

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Autres auteurs: Boros, Gábor (Éditeur intellectuel), Dijn, Herman de, 1943- (Éditeur intellectuel), Moors, M. 1947- (Éditeur intellectuel)
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Langue:English
Publié:[Leuven, Belgium] : Leuven University Press ; [Budapest, Hungary] : Eötvös Univ. Press, ©2007.
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Résumé:""Love is joy with the accompanying idea of an external cause."" Spinoza's definition of love (Ethics Book 3, Prop. LIX) manifests a major paradigm shift achieved by seventeenth century Europe in which the emotions, formerly seen as normative ""forces of nature, "" were embraced by the new science of the mind. We are determined to volition by causes. This shift has often been seen as a transition from a philosophy laden with implicit values and assumptions to a more scientific and value-free way of understanding human action. But is this rational approach really value-free? Today we incline to
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Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789461660183
9461660189
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