The Great Chain of Being : A Study of the History of an Idea.
by
Lovejoy, Arthur O.
Title
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The Great Chain of Being : A Study of the History of an Idea.
Author
:
Lovejoy, Arthur O.
ISBN
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9780674040335
Personal Author
:
Lovejoy, Arthur O.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (400 pages)
Contents
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PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- I. Introduction: the Study of the History of Ideas -- II. The Genesis of the Idea in Greek Philosophy: the Three Principles -- III. The Chain of Being and Some Internal Conflicts in Medieval Thought -- IV. The Principle of Plenitude and the New Cosmography -- V. Plenitude and Sufficient Reason in Leibniz and Spinoza -- VI. The Chain of Being in Eighteenth-Century Thought, and Man's Place and Rôle in Nature -- VII. The Principle of Plenitude and Eighteenth-Century Optimism -- VIII. The Chain of Being and Some Aspects of Eighteenth-Century Biology -- IX. The Temporalizing of the Chain of Being -- X. Romanticism and the Principle of Plenitude -- XI. The Outcome of the History and Its Moral -- Notes -- Index of Names and Subjects.
Local Note
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Subject Term
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Chain of being (Philosophy).
Continuity.
Electronic books. -- local.
Genre
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Electronic books.
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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IYTE Library | E-Book | 1308329-1001 | B105 .C5 L6 1964 | Ebrary E-Books |