The concept of love in 17th and 18th century philosophy

"Love is joy with the accompanying idea of an external cause." Spinoza's definition of love (Ethics Book 3, Prop. LIX) manifests a major paradigm shift achieved by seventeenth century Europe in which the emotions, formerly seen as normative "forces of nature," were embraced by the new science of the mind. We are determined to volition by causes. This shift has often been seen as a transition from a philosophy laden with implicit values and assumptions to a more scientific and value-free way of understanding...

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Duits | Engels | Frans | 270 pagina's (PDF, 1,3 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2017

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Nederlands Bijbelgenootschap Het Nieuwe Testament

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Duits | Engels | Frans | Nederlands | 375 pagina's | Nederlands Bijbelgenootschap, Heerenveen | 2006

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J.D.J. Buve Liber universitatis

aan de slapende intellectuelen van de Lage Landen

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Duits | Frans | Nederlands | 191 pagina's | Deventer Universitaire Pers, Deventer | 2014

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