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Dictionary of Eighteenth-century British Philosophers
Dictionary of Eighteenthcentury British Philosophers Author:John Valdimir Price, John Stephens This major new publication is the most comprehensive English language reference source available of eighteenth-century British authors writing about philosophical ideas and issues. This two-volume dictionary features writers from 1689 to the mid nineteenth century, covering the period from John Locke through to Dugald Stewart. In the eighteenth ... more »century the term "philosophy" covered a much broader discipline than in modern times. Reflecting this the Dictionary covers epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, education, politics, rhetoric, science, medicine, biology, geology, chemistry and theology. Many of the authors included may commonly be referred to as scientists, divines, doctors, methematicians or even poets. In addition to short biographies of each writer, entries include detailed expositions and analyses of their doctrines and ideas, bibliographies of their writings and suggestions for further reading. Mini-entries on more obscure figures and listings of anonymous tracts provide a unique resource for the researcher. The Dictionary's representation of less well-known writers is a valuable feature offering, in many cases, the first scholarly treatment of their life and work. These volumes will prove an indespensable reference work for scholars interested in almost any aspect of eighteenth-century studies.« less