Philosophy in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

This volume offers an important re-evaluation of early modern philosophy. It takes issue with the received notion of a ârevolutionâ in philosophical thought in the 17th-century making the case for treating the 16th and 17th centuries together. Taking up Charles Schmittâs formulation of the many âAristotelianismsâ of the period the papers bring out the variety and richness of the approaches to Aristotle rather than treating his as a homogeneous system of thought. Based on much new research they provide case studies of how philosophers used developed and reacted to the framework of Aristotelian logic categories and distinctions and demonstrate that Aristotelianism possessed both the flexibility and the dynamism to exert a continuing impact - even among such noted âanti-Aristoteliansâ as Descartes and Hobbes. This constant engagement can indeed be termed âconversations with Aristotleâ. Language: English