Overview :This collection of original essays by his former graduate students and colleagues honors Richard S. Westfall, a highly influential scholar i... Read More
Overview :This volume examines the influence that Epicureanism and Stoicism, two philosophies of nature and human nature articulated during classical ... Read More
Overview :The difference between Pierre Gassendi's (1592-1655) and Ren Descartes' (1596-1650) versions of the mechanical philosophy directly reflecte... Read More
Overview :Change in human understanding of the natural world during the early modern period marks one of the most important episodes in intellectual h... Read More
Overview :The Scientific Revolution (roughly 1500 to 1700) is considered to be the central episode in the history of science, the historical moment wh... Read More