Empire, Monotheism and Slavery in the Greater Mediterranean Region from Antiquity to the Early Modern Era

2017 ◽  
pp. 553-587
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Fynn-Paul
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Early Modern Era ◽  
Modern Era

Philosophic Pride

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Brooke
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Political Thought ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Intellectual Life ◽  
Marcus Aurelius ◽  
Hugo Grotius ◽  
History Of ◽  
Early Modern Era ◽  
Modern Era

This is the first full-scale look at the essential place of Stoicism in the foundations of modern political thought. Spanning the period from Justus Lipsius's Politics in 1589 to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile in 1762, and concentrating on arguments originating from England, France, and the Netherlands, the book considers how political writers of the period engaged with the ideas of the Roman and Greek Stoics that they found in works by Cicero, Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius. The book examines key texts in their historical context, paying special attention to the history of classical scholarship and the historiography of philosophy. The book delves into the persisting tension between Stoicism and the tradition of Augustinian anti-Stoic criticism, which held Stoicism to be a philosophy for the proud who denied their fallen condition. Concentrating on arguments in moral psychology surrounding the foundations of human sociability and self-love, the book details how the engagement with Roman Stoicism shaped early modern political philosophy and offers significant new interpretations of Lipsius and Rousseau together with fresh perspectives on the political thought of Hugo Grotius and Thomas Hobbes. The book shows how the legacy of the Stoics played a vital role in European intellectual life in the early modern era.

Introduction: Experimenting with Animals in the Early Modern Era

2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Guerrini ◽  
Domenico Bertoloni Meli
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Early Modern Era ◽  
Modern Era
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