Epicureanism at the origins of modernity / Catherine Wilson.

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Bibliographic Details
Published:	Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2008.
Main Author:	Wilson, Catherine, 1951-
Subjects:	Epicureans (Greek philosophy) Atomism. Materialism. Mechanism (Philosophy) Philosophy, Modern.
Format:	Book

Epicureanism at the origins of modernity /

Table of Contents:

Introduction. The revival of ancient materialism
1. Atomism and materialism
2. Corpuscular effluvia : between imagination and experiment
3. Order and disorder
4. Mortality and metaphysics
5. Empiricism and mortalism
6. Some rival systems
7. The social contract
8. The problem of materialism in the New essays
9. Robert Boyle and the study of nature
10. The sweetness of living.