Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 The persona of the natural philosopher; CHAPTER 2 The university philosopher in early modern Germany; CHAPTER 3 The persona of the philosopher and the rhetorics of office in early modern England; CHAPTER 4 From Sir Thomas More to Robert Burton: the laughing philosopher in the early modern period; CHAPTER 5 Hobbes, the universities, and the history of philosophy; CHAPTER 6 The judicial persona in historical context: the case of Matthew Hale
Summary
This collection of essays by leading figures in philosophy and the history of ideas provides access to key early modern disputes over what it meant to be a philosopher and to the institutional and political and religious contexts in which such disputes took place