Steven Nadler

Broschiertes Buch

The Philosopher, the Priest, and the Painter

A Portrait of Descartes

Beschreibung

Through this portrait hanging in the Louvre Museum - and the intersecting lives of a brilliant philosopher, a Catholic priest, and a gifted painter - Steven Nadler opens up a fascinating portal into Descartes's life and times, skillfully presenting an accessible introduction to Descartes's philosophical and scientific ideas, and an illuminating tour of the volatile political and religious environment of the Dutch Golden Age.

Autor

Steven Nadler is the William H. Hay II Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His books include Rembrandt's Jews, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; Spinoza: A Life, which won the Koret Jewish Book Award; and A Book Forged in Hell: Spinoza's Scandalous Treatise and the Birth of the Secular Age (Princeton).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 136mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9780691165752
• ISBN-10: 0691165750
• Artikelnr.: 41955604

Rezensionen

"Steven Nadler has produced another gem of original research and lively and lucid writing." - Catherine Wilson, Times Literary Supplement