Humanism in an age of science : the Amsterdam Athenaeum in the golden age, 1632-1704 / by Miert, Dirk van

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Part I -- A History -- Introduction -- The university that was never founded -- The myth of the wise merchant -- A scarcity of sources -- The historiography of Athenaeum and University -- Research question -- Structure of this book -- Editorial principles -- Chapter One -- Higher Education in the Low Countries -- Foundations -- A nursery for the state -- A nursery for the church -- Advantages for the city -- Advantages for the parents -- The specific function of an illustrious school -- The practical utility of knowledge -- The controversial start of the Amsterdam Athenaeum -- Chapter Two -- An Amsterdam Cortege -- The inauguration of the Illustrious School -- The first period: "The illustrious beginning" -- The second period -- The third period -- Conclusion -- Part II -- Teaching Practices -- Chapter Three -- Private teaching -- Introduction -- Variables in private teaching -- Regular and non-regular students -- Regular and non-regular teachers -- Conclusion -- Chapter Four -- Public teaching -- Introduction -- The lectio publica -- Praelectiones and lectiones publicae -- Audience composition -- Conclusions -- Chapter Five -- Semi-public teaching -- Introduction -- The disputation -- The practice oration -- Practical education -- Conclusion -- Chapter Six -- Holidays, timetables and absences -- Introduction -- The academic year -- Series Lectionum -- Absences -- Conclusion -- Part III -- The Contents of Teaching -- Chapter Seven -- The arts I: the rhetorical subjects -- Introduction -- History and eloquence -- Oriental languages -- Conclusions -- Chapter Eight -- The arts II: the philosophical subjects -- General introduction -- Three periods: Barlaeus, Senguerdius and De Raei -- Logic -- Physics and mathematics -- Moral philosophy -- Philosophy at the Athenaeum: conclusion -- Chapter Nine -- The teaching of law -- Introduction -- The first period -- The second period -- The third period -- Conclusion -- Chapter Ten -- The teaching of medicine -- Introduction -- Developments in medicine -- The Amsterdam medical world -- Premature plans -- Senguerdius (16488211;1667) -- Blasius (16608211;1685) -- Bernagie (16928211;1699) -- Conclusion -- Chapter Eleven -- The teaching of theology -- Introduction -- The Athenaeum and the Remonstrant Seminary -- The Athenaeum and the other religious denominations -- Theological ideas in teaching prior to Van Leeuwen -- Gerbrandus van Leeuwen -- Conclusion -- Part IV -- Conclusion and Appendices -- Chapter Twelve -- Conclusion -- Introduction -- The Athenaeum as a traditional institute of higher education -- The Athenaeum as a city venture -- The Athenaeum in the academic landscape -- The Athenaeum: humanism in an age of science -- Appendix 1: Timeline of professors -- Appendix 2: Geographical origins of students defending disputations, 16508211;1670 -- Appendix 3: Easter and Pentecost holidays at the Athenaeum -- Sources -- Unpublished sources -- Municipal archives and state archives -- University Libraries (manuscript letters) -- Published sources.…”
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Science without leisure : practical naturalism in Istanbul, 1660-1732 / by Küçük, Harun

Subjects: “…Science Turkey Istanbul History.…”
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Science without leisure : practical naturalism in Istanbul, 1660-1732 / by Küçük, Harun

Subjects: “…Science Turkey Istanbul History.…”
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Melancholic habits : Burton's anatomy & the mind sciences / by Radden, Jennifer

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Divine machines : Leibniz and the sciences of life / by Smith, Justin E. H.

Subjects: “…Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716 Knowledge Science.…”
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Ancient wisdom in the age of the new science : histories of philosophy in England, c. 1640-1700 / by Levitin, Dmitri

Table of Contents: “…2.1 Zoroaster and near#x84;-eastern#x84; philosophy before 16002.2 Thomas Stanley as a historian of philosophy; 2.3 Stanley and Zoroaster: the Chaldean Oracles in a rabbinic setting; 2.4 Histories of astronomy and the culture of English science: Stanley, Sherburne, and the natural philosophers; 2.5 Near#x84;-eastern#x84; philosophy and apologetics; 2.6 Jean Le Clerc, after Stanley; 2.7 Thomas Hyde; 2.8 Conclusion; 3 Ancient wisdom II: Moses the Egyptian?…”
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Science, alchemy, and the Great Plague of London / by Shelley, William Scott

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Experimental philosophy and the birth of empirical science : Boyle, Locke, and Newton / by Ben-Chaim, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Experimental philosophy : the gospel according to Boyle -- 8. Science as an institution of human understanding : conclusions.…”
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The importance of Spinoza for the modern philosophy of science : can the revival of Spinoza's naturalism refute cultural relativism? / by Brenner-Golomb, Nancy

Table of Contents: “….; INTRODUCTION; Chapter I: SPINOZA'S METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; Chapter II: THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN A COMPREHENSIVE STRUCTURE OF SCIENCE AND A COMPREHENSIVE STRUCTURE OF NATURE.; CHAPTER III: THE NECESSARY DISTINCTION BETWEEN SCIENCE AND A PRESUPPOSED POINT OF VIEW; CHAPTER IV: THE STRUCTURAL VIEW; CHAPTER V: THE NOTION OF ESSENCE IN MODERN SCIENCE.; Chapter VI: INTUITION, CERTAINTY AND INNATE IDEAS.; CHAPTER VII: CHOICE, FREE WILL AND THE POWER OF THE MIND.; CHAPTER VIII: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN APPEAL TO REASON AND RATIONALITY.…”
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The Logic and Methodology of Science in Early Modern Thought : Seven Studies.

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Notebooks, English virtuosi, and early modern science / by Yeo, Richard R., 1948-

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The logic and methodology of science in early modern thought : seven studies / by Wilson, Fred, 1937-

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Patronage and Royal Science in Seventeenth-Century France : the Academie De Physique in Caen / by Lux, David S.

Table of Contents: “…The Royal Academy of Sciences in Caen, 1668-1669 --…”
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Isaac Vossius (1618-1689), between science and scholarship /

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Public welfare, science, and propaganda in seventeenth century France : the innovations of Théophraste Renaudot / by Solomon, Howard M.

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Absolutism and society in seventeenth-century France : state power and provincial aristocracy in Languedoc / by Beik, William, 1941-

Subjects: “…Elite (Social sciences) France Languedoc History 17th century.…”
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Revolution and continuity : essays in the history and philosophy of early modern science /

Table of Contents: “…Societies, circles, academies, and organizations : a historiographic essay on seventeenth-century science / David Lux -- Tradition versus novelty : universities and scientific societies in the early modern period / Mordechai Feingold -- Physick and natural history in seventeenth-century England / Harold Cook -- A new science of geology in the seventeenth-century? …”
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Intellectual curiosity and the scientific revolution : a global perspective / by Huff, Toby E., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Three ideals of higher education : Islamic, Chinese, and Western -- Science unbound. Infectious curiosity I : anatomy and microbiology ; Infectious curiosity II : weighing the air and atmospheric pressure ; Infectious curiosity III : magnetism and electricity ; Prelude to the grand synthesis ; The path to the grand synthesis ; The scientific revolution in comparative perspective ; Epilogue : science, literacy, and economic development.…”
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Public Welfare, Science and Propaganda in 17th-Century France : the Innovations of Theophraste Renaudot / by Solomon, Howard M.

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Aristocrats and servitors : the boyar elite in Russia, 1613-1689 / by Crummey, Robert O.

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