This volume examines the influence that Epicureanism and Stoicism, two philosophies of nature and human nature articulated during classical times, exerted on the development of European thought to the Enlightenment. Although the influence of these philosophies has often been noted in certain areas, such as the influence of Stoicism on the development of Christian thought and the influence of Epicureanism on modern materialism, the chapters in this volume forward a new awareness of the degree to which these philosophies and their continued interaction informed European intellectual life well into early modern times. The influence of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophies in the areas of literature, philosophy, theology, and science are considered. Many thinkers continue to perceive these philosophies as significant alternatives for understanding the human and natural worlds. Having become incorporated into the canon of philosophical alternatives, Epicureanism and Stoicism continued to exert identifiable influences on scientific and philosphical thought at least until the middle of the eighteenth century.
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- The Nature of the Gods (Penguin Classics) by Marcus Tullius Cicero on 10 pages
- The Cambridge History of Renaissance Philosophy by C. B. Schmitt on 8 pages
- The Selected Works of Pierre Gassendi (Texts in Early Modern Philosophy) by Pierre Gassendi on 4 pages
- Physics of the Stoics by Samuel Sambursky on 4 pages
- The History of Philosophy (1701) by Thomas Stanley in Front Matter, page 197, and page 243
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- Boyle on Atheism (Toronto Studies in Philosophy) by J.J. MacIntosh in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Divine Will and the Mechanical Philosophy: Gassendi and Descartes on Contingency and Necessity in the Created World by Margaret J. Osler in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Jill Kraye in Back Matter
- The Art of Living: The Stoics on the Nature and Function of Philosophy (Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy) by John Sellars in Back Matter
- The Aspiring Adept: Robert Boyle and his Alchemical Quest by Lawrence Principe in Back Matter
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