{"product_id":"the-oxford-handbook-of-british-philosophy-in-the-seventeenth-century-9780199549993","title":"The Oxford Handbook of British Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Peter R. Anstey\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of British Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century\u003c\/em\u003e comprises twenty-six new essays by leading experts in the field. This unique scholarly resource provides advanced students and scholars with a comprehensive overview of the issues that are informing research on the subject, while at the same time offering new directions for research to take. The volume is ambitious in scope: it covers the whole of the seventeenth century, ranging from Francis Bacon to John Locke and Isaac Newton. The Handbook contains five parts: the introductory Part I examines the state of the discipline and the nature of its practitioners as the century unfolded; Part II discusses the leading natural philosophers and the philosophy of nature, including Bacon, Boyle, and Newton; Part III covers knowledge and the human faculty of the understanding; Part IV explores the leading topics in British moral philosophy from the period; and Part V concerns political philosophy. In addition to dealing\u003cbr\u003ewith canonical authors and celebrated texts, such as Thomas Hobbes and his \u003cem\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/em\u003e, the Handbook discusses many less well-known figures and debates from the period, whose importance is only now being appreciated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47969605746839,"sku":"9780199549993","price":15815.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780199549993.webp?v=1782922761","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-oxford-handbook-of-british-philosophy-in-the-seventeenth-century-9780199549993","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}