The Modern Conduit: Montaigne as a Skeptical Linkage from the Modern Political Philosophy of Machiavelli to the Modern Philosophy of Descartes (2007)
Mower, Gordon Bruce (Author)
University of Utah
Landesman, Bruce
Edition Details: Advisor: Landesman, Bruce
Physical Details: 224 pp.
Language: English
There is a historical gap between the origins of modern political philosophy and the origins of modern philosophy. While Machiavelli is thought of as the first modern political philosopher, Descartes is thought of as the first modern philosopher. Machiavelli is modern in re-introducing the autonomy principle into philosophy. This in turn allows him to take a new causal analysis of history and derive from it historical induction. Descartes' modernity is based on the connection between his epistemological turn and modern scientific practice. The thought of Montaigne forms a bridge across this historical gap. Montaigne develops a new form of skepticism in response to Machiavelli's thought. In turn this new form of skepticism becomes the basis of Montaigne's own political theory and Descartes project of pure epistemology. Thus, Montaigne is a conduit of modernity.
...MoreDescription Cited in Diss. Abstr. Int. A 68/07 (2008). Pub. no. AAT 3270262.
Similar Citations
Book
Gianni Paganini;
(2022)
Il dubbio dei moderni. Una storia dello scetticismo
(/isis/citation/CBB901030396/)
Chapter
Vincent, Hubert;
(2001)
Scepticisme et conservatisme chez Montaigne ou qu'est-ce qu'une politique sceptique?
(/isis/citation/CBB000102834/)
Chapter
Brahami, Frédéric;
(2001)
Des Esquisses aux Essais. L'enjeu d'une rupture
(/isis/citation/CBB000102833/)
Chapter
Granada, Miguel;
(2001)
Apologétique platonicienne et apologétique sceptique: Ficin, Savonarole, Jean-François Pic de la Mirandole
(/isis/citation/CBB000102830/)
Thesis
Bashaw, Charles E.;
(2001)
Montaigne and the skeptical tradition
(/isis/citation/CBB001560869/)
Article
Stefano Gensini;
(2017)
"E io in Napoli vidi un cane polacco…": ancora sui linguaggi animali, da Gesner a Campanella
(/isis/citation/CBB435419422/)
Chapter
Naya, Emmanuel;
(2001)
Traduire les Hypotyposes pyrrhoniennes: Henri Estienne entre la fièvre quarte et la folie chrétienne
(/isis/citation/CBB000102831/)
Book
Spolsky, Ellen;
(2001)
Satisfying Skepticism: Embodied Knowledge in the Early Modern World
(/isis/citation/CBB000102639/)
Chapter
Levy, Carlos;
(2001)
Pierre de Valence, historien de l'Académie ou académicien?
(/isis/citation/CBB000102836/)
Chapter
Stricker, Nicola;
(2001)
Le sage de Charron; une réévaluation
(/isis/citation/CBB000102835/)
Chapter
Schaefer, David Lewis;
(2009)
Skepticism, Science, and Politics in Montaigne's Essays
(/isis/citation/CBB001201157/)
Chapter
Besnier, Bernard;
(2001)
Sanchez à moitié endormi
(/isis/citation/CBB000102832/)
Chapter
Popkin, Richard H.;
(2000)
Scepticisme et sciences modernes (XVIe-XVIIe siècles)
(/isis/citation/CBB000751141/)
Chapter
Mazzotta, Giuseppe;
(2012)
The Emergence of Modernity and the New World
(/isis/citation/CBB001201656/)
Article
Mehl, Edouard;
(2003)
Euclide et la fin de la Renaissance: Sur le scholie de la proposition XIII.18
(/isis/citation/CBB000770969/)
Book
Rossi, Paolo;
(2000)
Logic and the Art of Memory: The Quest for a Universal Language
(/isis/citation/CBB000101788/)
Article
Angelini, Annarita;
(2006)
“Un autre ordre du monde”: Science et mathématiques d'après les commentateurs de Proclus au Cinquecento
(/isis/citation/CBB000770986/)
Article
Vittoria Perrone Compagni;
(2011)
"La stagione delli frumenti": Due lezioni di Pomponazzi sulla generazione spontanea
(/isis/citation/CBB440201569/)
Article
Lines, David A.;
(2001)
Science and Universities of Early Modern Europe: Teaching, Specialization, Professionalization
(/isis/citation/CBB000101042/)
Thesis
Aleksander, Jason;
(2007)
The Disavowal of Renaissance Philosophical Crises and the Geneses of ModernPhilosophy and Science
(/isis/citation/CBB001561292/)
Be the first to comment!