Hellenistic and Early Modern Philosophy

344 Pages·2003·1.35 MB·English

by  Jon Miller

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HellenisticandEarlyModernPhilosophy
HellenisticandEarlyModernPhilosophyisamulti-authorreassessmentof
theprofoundimpactoftheHellenisticphilosophers(principallythe
Stoics,Epicureans,andSceptics)onsuchphilosophersasDescartes,
Spinoza, Leibniz, and Locke. These early modern philosophers
looked for inspiration to the later ancient thinkers when they re-
belledagainstthedominantphilosophicaltraditionsoftheirday.
In this volume, leading historians of philosophy, utilizing a wide
range of styles and methods, explore the relationship between
Hellenistic philosophy and early modern philosophy, taking advan-
tageofnewscholarlyandphilosophicaladvances.
HellenisticandEarlyModernPhilosophywillbeofinteresttophiloso-
phers,historiansofscienceandideas,andclassicists.
JonMillerisAssistantProfessorofPhilosophyatQueen’sUniversity,
Kingston,Ontario.
BradInwoodisCanadaResearchChairinAncientPhilosophyatthe
UniversityofToronto.

Hellenistic and Early Modern Philosophy
Edited by
JON MILLER
Queen’sUniversity
BRAD INWOOD
UniversityofToronto
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Contents
ListofAbbreviations pagevii
NotesonContributors ix
Preface xi
JonMillerandBradInwood
Introduction 1
J.B.Schneewind
1 StoicisminthePhilosophicalTradition:Spinoza,Lipsius,Butler 7
A.A.Long
2 EarlyModernUsesofHellenisticPhilosophy:Gassendi’s
EpicureanProject 30
MargaretJ.Osler
3 Locke’sOffices 45
PhillipMitsis
4 PatiencesansEspe´rance:Leibniz’sCritiqueofStoicism 62
DonaldRutherford
5 EpicureanisminEarlyModernPhilosophy:LeibnizandHis
Contemporaries 90
CatherineWilson
6 Stoics,Grotius,andSpinozaonMoralDeliberation 116
JonMiller
7 TheDiscourseontheMethodandtheTraditionofIntellectual
Autobiography 141
StephenMenn
8 Subjectivity,AncientandModern:TheCyrenaics,Sextus,
andDescartes 192
GailFine
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9 SpinozaandPhilo:TheAllegedMysticismintheEthics 232
StevenNadler
10 Hume’sScepticismandAncientScepticisms 251
DonaldC.Ainslie
11 StoicNaturalisminButler 274
TerenceIrwin
BibliographyofPrimarySources 301
BibliographyofSecondarySources 307
Index(general) 319
Index(ofselectedtextpassages) 327
List of Abbreviations
Inadditiontothefollowingcommonlyusedabbreviations,otherabbrevia-
tionsappearinsomechapters.
A-Tplusvolumeandpagenumbers=CharlesAdamandPaulTannery,eds.,
Descartes’Oeuvres,vols.I–X(Paris:J.Vrin,1964–74).
CSMorCSMKplusvolumeandpagenumbers=J.Cottingham,R.Stoothoff,
andD.Murdoch(plusA.Kennyforvol.III),eds.andtrans.,ThePhilo-
sophicalWritingsofDescartes,vols.I–III(Cambridge:CambridgeUniver-
sityPress,1985–91).
D.L.plusbookandchapternumbers=DiogenesLaertius,LivesofEminent
Philosophers.
I-G plus page number = Brad Inwood and L.P. Gerson, eds. and trans.,
HellenisticPhilosophy2nd ed.(Indianapolis:HackettPublishing,1997).
L-S plus chapter and section numbers = A.A. Long and D.N. Sedley, eds.
andtrans.,TheHellenisticPhilosophers,vols.I–II(Cambridge:Cambridge
UniversityPress,1987).
M=AdversusMathematicos(AgainsttheProfessors),SextusEmpiricus.
P.H.=PyrrhoneaeHypotyposes(OutlinesofPyrrhonism),SextusEmpiricus.
SVFplusvolumeanditemnumbers=StoicorumVeterumFragmenta,vols.I–III,
H.vonArnim,ed.(Leipzig:Teubner,1903–5).
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