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This page intentionally left blank THE PHILOSOPHER IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE Inthisgroundbreakingcollectionofessaysthehistoryofphilosophy appears in a new light, not as reason’s progressive discovery of its universalconditions,butasaseriesofunreconcileddisputesoverthe proper way to conduct oneself as a philosopher. By shifting focus fromthephilosopheras proxy fortheuniversal subject of reason to the philosopher as a special persona arising from rival forms of self- cultivation, philosophy is approached in terms of the social office andintellectualdeportmentofthephilosopher,asapersonagewitha definite moral physiognomy and institutional setting. In so doing, this collection of essays by leading figures in the fields of both philosophy and the history of ideas provides access to key early modern disputes over what it meant to be a philosopher, and to the institutional and larger political and religious contexts in which such disputes took place. CONAL CONDREN is Scientia Professor Emeritus at the University ofNewSouthWales,andaFellowofboththeAustralianAcademy of theHumanitiesandof the Social Sciences. STEPHEN GAUKROGER is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, and ARC Professorial Fellow at the University of Sydney, and isaFellow of theAustralian Academy of Humanities. IAN HUNTER isaFellowoftheAustralianAcademyofHumanities andaResearchProfessorintheCentrefortheHistoryofEuropean Discourses attheUniversity of Queensland. 77 IDEAS IN CONTEXT The Philosopher in Early Modern Europe IDEAS IN CONTEXT Edited byQuentinSkinnerand James Tully The books in this series will discuss the emergence of intellectual traditions and of related new disciplines. The procedures, aims and vocabularies that were generated will be set in the context of the alternatives available within the contemporary frameworks of ideas and institutions. Through detailed studies oftheevolutionofsuchtraditions,andtheirmodificationbydifferentaudiences, it is hoped that a new picture will form of the development of ideas in their concrete contexts. By this means, artifical distinctions between the history of philosophy,ofthevarioussciences,ofsocietyandpolitics,andofliteraturemay beseento dissolve. The series is publishedwith thesupportof theExxon Foundation. Alist of booksinthe series will be found at the end of the volume. THE PHILOSOPHER IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE The Nature of a Contested Identity EDITED BY CONAL CONDREN, STEPHEN GAUKROGER AND IAN HUNTER cambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecb22ru,UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521866460 © Cambridge University Press 2006 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2006 isbn-13 978-0-511-24911-2eBook (ebrary) isbn-10 0-511-24911-XeBook (ebrary) isbn-13 978-0-521-86646-0hardback isbn-10 0-521-86646-4 hardback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of urls for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. Contents 395392 List of contributors page ix Acknowledgements xii Introduction 1 1 The persona of the natural philosopher Stephen Gaukroger 17 2 The university philosopher in early modern Germany Ian H unter 35 3 The persona of the philosopher and the rhetorics of office in early modern England Co nal Co ndr en 66 4 From Sir Thomas More to Robert Burton: the laughing philosopher in the early modern period C ath eri ne C u rti s 90 5 Hobbes, the universities and the history of philosophy R. W. S erjeantson 113 6 The judicial persona in historical context: the case of Matthew Hale David Saund ers 140 7 Persona and office: Althusius on the formation of magistrates and councillors Robe rt von Fri edeb urg 160 8 Descartes as sage: spiritual askesis in Cartesian philosophy Jo hn C ott ingh am 182 vii viii Contents 9 The natural philosopher and the virtues Pe ter H arri son 202 10 Fictions of a feminine philosophical persona: Christine de Pizan, Margaret Cavendish and philosophia lost Karen Green and J acqueline B road 22 9 11 John Locke and polite philosophy Rich ar d Yeo 254 Index 276
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