TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jones,Matthew L.
TI  - The good life in the scientific revolution: Descartes, Pascal, Leibniz, and the cultivation of virtue 
SN  - 9780226409566 (electronic bk.)
AV  - Q125.2 .J66 2006eb
U1  - 509.032 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Descartes, René,
KW  - Pascal, Blaise,
KW  - Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm,
KW  - Descartes, Ren,
KW  - Science
KW  - History
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Sciences
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 17e siècle
KW  - Mathématiques
KW  - Philosophie
KW  - Aspect moral
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Natuurwetenschappen
KW  - gtt
KW  - Wiskunde
KW  - Filosofie
KW  - Ethische aspecten
KW  - მეცნიერების ისტორია
KW  - მე-17 საუკუნე
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-361) and index; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; A Note on Conventions; Introduction; PART 1 : DESCARTES; 1 Geometry as Spiritual Exercise; 2 A Rhetorical History of Truth; PART 2 : PASCAL; 3 Mathematical Liaisons; 4 The Anthropology of Disproportion; PART 3 : LEIBNIZ; 5 Forms of Expression; 6 Seeing All at Once; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index
N2  - Amid the unrest, dislocation, and uncertainty of seventeenth-century Europe, readers seeking consolation and assurance turned to philosophical and scientific books that offered ways of conquering fears and training the mind?guidance for living a good life. The Good Life in the Scientific Revolution presents a triptych showing how three key early modern scientists, René Descartes, Blaise Pascal, and Gottfried Leibniz, envisioned their new work as useful for cultivating virtue and for pursuing a good life. Their scientific and philosophical innovations stemmed in part from their understanding of
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