Ebook: The philosopher in early modern Europe: the nature of a contested identity

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.;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.