| Description |
x, 350 p. |
| Series |
Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 180 |
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Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 180.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Plato's dualism : the cosmos as active and passive power / Juhani Pietarinen -- The active principle in stoic philosophy / Havard Lokke -- Plotinus on act and power / Eyjolfur Kjalar Emilsson -- Power and activity in early medieval philosophy / Tomas Ekenberg -- Power and possibility in Thomas Aquinas / Andreas Schmidt -- Causal power in Descartes' mind-body union / Juhani Pietarinen -- De novo creat : Descartes on action, interaction, and continuous creation / Timo Kajamies -- Motion and reason : Hobbes's difficulties with the idea of active power / Juhani Pietarinen -- Spinoza's actualist model of power/ valtteri viljanen -- Leibniz on force, activity, and passivity / Arto Repo and Valtteri Viljanen -- Kant on force and activity / Arto Repo and Hemmo Laiho -- Differences that are none : Hegel's theory of force in the phenomenology of spirit / Andreas Schmidt -- Schopenhauer's twofold dynamism / Valtteri Viljanen. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Power (Philosophy)
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Philosophy -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Pietarinen, Juhani.
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Viljanen, Valtteri.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9789004177123 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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