Previous owner's signature in pen on the first free end page; heavy pencil underlining found in the first 30 pages; the rest of the text appears unmarked. Binding is sturdy. Covers show some wear around the corners and at the head and base of the spine. No dust jacket, as issued.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

De Motu and the Analyst: A Modern Edition, with Introductions and Commentary (The New Synthese Historical Library, 41)

Publisher

Springer

Publication Date

1991

Language

English

ISBN 10

0792315200

ISBN 13

9780792315209

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Good

Dust Jacket Condition

None Issued

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Philosophy

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Berkeley's philosophy has been much studied and discussed over the years, and a growing number of scholars have come to the realization that scientific and mathematical writings are an essential part of his philosophical enterprise. The aim of this volume is to present Berkeley's two most important scientific texts in a form which meets contemporary standards of scholarship while rendering them accessible to the modern reader. Although editions of both are contained in the fourth volume of the Works, these lack adequate introductions and do not provide com� plete and corrected texts. The present edition contains a complete and critically established text of both De Motu and The Analyst, in addi� tion to a new translation of De Motu. The introductions and notes are designed to provide the background necessary for a full understanding of Berkeley's account of science and mathematics. Although these two texts are very different, they are united by a shared a concern with the work of Newton and Leibniz. Berkeley's De Motu deals extensively with Newton's Principia and Leibniz's Specimen Dynamicum, while The Analyst critiques both Leibnizian and Newto� nian mathematics. Berkeley is commonly thought of as a successor to Locke or Malebranche, but as these works show he is also a successor to Newton and Leibniz.

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Text: English, Latin

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