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almafu_9958352049002883
Ausgabe:
Electronic reproduction. Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : Harvard University Press, 2008. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9780674040311
Inhalt:
In our ever more secular times—is providence lost? Perhaps, but as Lloyd makes clear, providence still exerts a powerful influence on our thought and in our lives. This book traces a succession of transformations in the concept of providence through the history of Western philosophy.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction --
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1. Euripides, Philosopher of the Stage --
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2. The World of Men and Gods --
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3. Agreeing with Nature Fate and Providence in Stoic Ethics --
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4. Augustine Divine Justice and the "Ordering" of Evil --
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5. The Philosopher and the Princess: Descartes and the Philosophical Life --
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6. Living with Necessity: Spinoza and the Philosophical Life --
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7. Designer Worlds --
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8. Providence as Progress --
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9. Providence Lost --
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Notes --
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Acknowledgments --
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Further Reading --
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Index.
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In English.
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.4159/9780674040311
URL:
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674040311
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