The seventeenth century /
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
The Free Press,
1967.
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| Colección: | Sources in Western civilization ;
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- A picaresque novel on the Thirty Years War: Von Grimmelshausen, Simplicissimus
- A scientific society: Cesi, Address to the Lincean society
- Investigations of Galileo: a. The starry messenger; b. Letters to Mark Welser; c. Letter to Christina of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany; d. Objections against Galileo
- Cartesianism: a. Descartes, Discourse on the method of rightly conducting the reason; b. The passions of the soul
- Skepticism: Rapin, Reflections upon ancient and modern philosophy
- The Newtonian system: a. Newton, The principia; b. Opticks
- Classicism in the visual arts: Félibien, Discussion of Poussin's paintings
- Natural law: Grotius, On the law of war and peace
- The Leviathan state: Hobbes, Leviathan
- Republicanism: De la Court, The interest of Holland
- Divine right of kings: Bossuet, Politics drawn from the scriptures
- Constitutionalism: Locke, The second treatise of government
- Mercantilism: Colbert, Memorandum to the king on finances, 1670
- Anti-mercantilism: a. Memoire of P. de Groot to Louis XIV; b. Extract from a letter of Lionne to Pomponne
- Diplomacy: Callières, On international negotiations
- A political commentary: Pufendorf, Introduction to the history of principal states
- Letters of Louis XIV.