The Philosopher, the Priest, and the Painter
A Portrait of Descartes
(Sprache: Englisch)
A unique combination of philosophy, biography, and art history, the book investigates the remarkable individuals and circumstances behind a small portrait. Through this image Nadler opens up a fascinating portal into Descartes's life and times, presenting...
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A unique combination of philosophy, biography, and art history, the book investigates the remarkable individuals and circumstances behind a small portrait. Through this image Nadler opens up a fascinating portal into Descartes's life and times, presenting an introduction to Descartes's ideas, and an illuminating tour of the volatile political and religious environment of the Dutch Golden Age.
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In the Louvre museum hangs a portrait of a middle-aged man with long dark hair, a mustache, and heavy-lidded eyes, and he is dressed in the starched white collar and black coat of the typical Dutch burgher. The painting is now the iconic image of René Descartes, the great seventeenth-century French philosopher. And the painter of the work? The Dutch master Frans Hals--or so it was long believed, until the work was downgraded to a copy of an original. But where, then, is the authentic version located, and who painted it? Is the man in the painting--and in its original--really Descartes? A unique combination of philosophy, biography, and art history, The Philosopher, the Priest, and the Painter investigates the remarkable individuals and circumstances behind a small portrait. Through this image--and the intersecting lives of a brilliant philosopher, a Catholic priest, and a gifted painter--Steven Nadler opens up a fascinating portal into Descartes's life and times, skillfully presenting an accessible introduction to Descartes's philosophical and scientific ideas, and an illuminating tour of the volatile political and religious environment of the Dutch Golden Age. As Nadler shows, Descartes's innovative ideas about the world, about human nature and knowledge, and about philosophy itself, stirred great controversy. Philosophical and theological critics vigorously opposed his views, and civil and ecclesiastic authorities condemned his writings. Nevertheless, Descartes's thought came to dominate the philosophical world of the period, and can rightly be called the philosophy of the seventeenth century. Shedding light on a well-known image, The Philosopher, the Priest, and the Painter offers an engaging exploration of a celebrated philosopher's world and work.
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Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Chapter 1 Prologue: A Tale of Two Paintings 1 Chapter 2 The Philosopher 8 Chapter 3 The Priest 36 Chapter 4 The Painter 55 Chapter 5 "Once in a Lifetime" 87 Chapter 6 A New Philosophy 111 Chapter 7 God in Haarlem 143 Chapter 8 The Portrait 174 Notes 199 Bibliography 219 Index 227
Autoren-Porträt von Steven Nadler
Steven Nadler is the William H. Hay II Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin--Madison. His books include Rembrandt's Jews, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; Spinoza: A Life, which won the Koret Jewish Book Award; and A Book Forged in Hell: Spinoza's Scandalous Treatise and the Birth of the Secular Age (Princeton).
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Steven Nadler
- 2013, 248 Seiten, 10 farbige Abbildungen, Maße: 14,9 x 22 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- ISBN-10: 0691157308
- ISBN-13: 9780691157306
- Erscheinungsdatum: 21.04.2013
Sprache:
Englisch
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Praise for Steven Nadler's A Book Forged in Hell:"[A] delightfully lucid and philosophically thorough account... What makes Nadler's so welcome a contribution is the care and the clarity of his philosophical exposition. -- Peter Gordon New Republic
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