Made with Words

Made with Words

Author: Philip Pettit

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2009-07-26

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 0691143250

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Argues that it was Hobbes, not later thinkers like Rousseau, who invented the invention of language thesis - the idea that language is a cultural innovation that transformed the human mind.


Letters on the Philosophy of the Human Mind (Classic Reprint)

Letters on the Philosophy of the Human Mind (Classic Reprint)

Author: Samuel Bailey

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-19

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9780484167369

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Excerpt from Letters on the Philosophy of the Human Mind I'r would be unreasonable to expect that the Third Series of a work like the present, should attract the attention of any but the possessors and the readers of the two preceding volumes. To them it may be of more or less interest to be informed, that the Series now submitted to the Public, after an interval of nearly five years, concludes the Author's disquisitions on the Philosophy of the Human Mind, at least under the present title. He may repeat here what he said in his last Preface, that the subjects treated in the following Letters are not inferior in importance to their predecessors; and he has certainly not bestowed inferior care on the difficulties they present. In the course of discussing them, he has had frequent occasion, as a cursory inspection will discover, to contest the opinions and to criticise the arguments of several eminent living writers. If he has done. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


The Correspondence between Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia and René Descartes

The Correspondence between Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia and René Descartes

Author: Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2007-11-01

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 0226204448

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Between the years 1643 and 1649, Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia (1618–80) and René Descartes (1596–1650) exchanged fifty-eight letters—thirty-two from Descartes and twenty-six from Elisabeth. Their correspondence contains the only known extant philosophical writings by Elisabeth, revealing her mastery of metaphysics, analytic geometry, and moral philosophy, as well as her keen interest in natural philosophy. The letters are essential reading for anyone interested in Descartes’s philosophy, in particular his account of the human being as a union of mind and body, as well as his ethics. They also provide a unique insight into the character of their authors and the way ideas develop through intellectual collaboration. Philosophers have long been familiar with Descartes’s side of the correspondence. Now Elisabeth’s letters—never before available in translation in their entirety—emerge this volume, adding much-needed context and depth both to Descartes’s ideas and the legacy of the princess. Lisa Shapiro’s annotated edition—which also includes Elisabeth’s correspondence with the Quakers William Penn and Robert Barclay—will be heralded by students of philosophy, feminist theorists, and historians of the early modern period.