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Fallen nature, fallen selves : early modern French thought II /

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This is an investigation of psychological and ethical thought in 17th century France, emphasising both continuities and discontinuities with ancient and medieval thought. It looks at the subtlety and complexity of psychological analysis that characterises the period and examines the effect of religi...

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Main Author: Moriarty, Michael, 1956-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Philosophy, French > 17th century.
Philosophical anthropology.
Philosophie française > 17e siècle.
Anthropologie philosophique.
philosophical anthropology.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Modern.
Philosophical anthropology
Philosophy, French
Philosophie
Frankreich
1600-1699
Geschichte (1600-1700)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Human nature
  • Approaches
  • Original sin
  • Self-love and concupiscence
  • Early modern religious perspectives
  • La Rochefoucauld on interest and self-love
  • Malebranche's synthesis
  • Problems of self-knowledge
  • Forms of self-knowledge
  • Literary explorations
  • Self-knowledge and self-ignorace in context
  • La Rochefoucauld and self-knowledge
  • Religious moralists.