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A Beginner's History of Philosophy, Vol. 2: Modern Philosophy

Name: A Beginner's History of Philosophy, Vol. 2: Modern Philosophy
Author: Cushman, Herbert Ernest

Cushman, Herbert Ernest

Philosophy -- History

204.


  Macaulay, T. B.,
    _Essay on Bacon_, 40 n.;
    on Bacon, 42.
  Macchiavelli, Niccolò,
    47.
  Magic,
    in the Humanistic period, 18, 19, 21, 25.
  Magnetic needle,
    discovery of, 6, 7.
  Malebranche, Nicolas de,
    63, 83.
  Man,
    his relation to the universe in the Renaissance, 8–18;
    in the philosophy of Paracelsus, 26;
    in Hobbes’s philosophy, 55, 58;
    in Descartes’s philosophy, 79;
    in Spinoza’s philosophy, 103;
    in Leibnitz’s philosophy, 126;
    in Fichte’s philosophy, 292, 293;
    in Schelling’s philosophy, 300, 309.
    _See_ New man.
  Materialism,
    of Hobbes, 48, 49, 53;
    defined, 53 n.;
    of the nineteenth century, 358.
  Mathematical Astronomers, the,
    32–36.
  Mathematical law,
    according to Galileo, 37, 38.
  Mathematics,
    in the Natural Science period, 19, 21;
    modern influence of, grew from astronomical beginnings among the
        Humanists, 35;
    of Hobbes, 48, 54, 56–60;
    of Descartes, 48, 68, 69, 74, 76;
    in Spinoza’s philosophy, 90, 91, 93, 99;
    differential calculus, discovered by Leibnitz, 112, 114, 119;
    in Leibnitz’s philosophy, 116, 122, 123;
    in Hume’s philosophy, 194, 195.
  Matter,
    the reality of, according to Descartes, 75–77, 82;
    relation of God to, according to Descartes, 77, 78;
    in Berkeley’s philosophy, 177, 178;
    in Schelling’s philosophy, 305;
    in Hegel’s philosophy, 324.
  Mechanism,
    of the world of Hobbes, 52–54.
  Mediæval,
    man, 9, 10;
    science, 11;
    institutions, 11;
    church, 14;
    world, 15.
  Mendelssohn, Moses,
    221.
  Metaphysics,
    Cartesian, assumed in the Enlightenment, 135.
  Methodism,
    rise of, 137.
  Middle Ages, the,
    causes of the decay of the civilization of, 4–7.
  Mill, J. S.,
    38 n., 358.
  Mind,
    relation of God to, according to Descartes, 78;
    relation of body and, according to Descartes, 78–80;
    in the philosophy of the Occasionalists, 83;
    in the philosophy of Locke, 156–162;
    in Berkeley’s philosophy, 176, 180;
    in Hume’s philosophy, 191;
    in Reid’s philosophy, 202;
    of Fichte and Schelling, 304;
    in Hegel’s philosophy, 324;
    phenomena of, according to Herbart, 338–340.
    _See_ Soul.
  Modern philosophy,
    comparative short time-length of, iii, iv;
    difficulty in the study of, 1, 2;
    periods of, 2–4;
    and German idealism, 355, 356.
  Modes,
    of mind and matter, according to Descartes, 77;
    of thought and extension, according to Spinoza, 95, 96.
  Monadology,
    Leibnitz’s theory of, 121.
  Monads,
    of Leibnitz, metaphysical atoms, 112, 114, 119, 121;
    the double nature of, 122–125;
    conceived as soul-atoms, 122, 123, 126;
    representation the general function of, 124;
    are windowless, and mirror the universe, 125, 127;
    the principle of unity among, called a pre-established harmony,
        125;
    the intrinsic (philosophical) unity of, 125–129;

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A Beginner's History of Philosophy, Vol. 2: Modern PhilosophyCushman, Herbert Ernest

Philosophy

A Beginner's History of Philosophy, Vol. 2: Modern Philosophy

Cushman, Herbert Ernest

Philosophy -- History

204.


  Macaulay, T. B.,
    _Essay on Bacon_, 40 n.;
    on Bacon, 42.
  Macchiavelli, Niccolò,
    47.
  Magic,
    in the Humanistic period, 18, 19, 21, 25.
  Magnetic needle,
    discovery of, 6, 7.
  Malebranche, Nicolas de,
    63, 83.
  Man,
    his relation to the universe in the Renaissance, 8–18;
    in the philosophy of Paracelsus, 26;
    in Hobbes’s philosophy, 55, 58;
    in Descartes’s philosophy, 79;
    in Spinoza’s philosophy, 103;
    in Leibnitz’s philosophy, 126;
    in Fichte’s philosophy, 292, 293;
    in Schelling’s philosophy, 300, 309.
    _See_ New man.
  Materialism,
    of Hobbes, 48, 49, 53;
    defined, 53 n.;
    of the nineteenth century, 358.
  Mathematical Astronomers, the,
    32–36.
  Mathematical law,
    according to Galileo, 37, 38.
  Mathematics,
    in the Natural Science period, 19, 21;
    modern influence of, grew from astronomical beginnings among the
        Humanists, 35;
    of Hobbes, 48, 54, 56–60;
    of Descartes, 48, 68, 69, 74, 76;
    in Spinoza’s philosophy, 90, 91, 93, 99;
    differential calculus, discovered by Leibnitz, 112, 114, 119;
    in Leibnitz’s philosophy, 116, 122, 123;
    in Hume’s philosophy, 194, 195.
  Matter,
    the reality of, according to Descartes, 75–77, 82;
    relation of God to, according to Descartes, 77, 78;
    in Berkeley’s philosophy, 177, 178;
    in Schelling’s philosophy, 305;
    in Hegel’s philosophy, 324.
  Mechanism,
    of the world of Hobbes, 52–54.
  Mediæval,
    man, 9, 10;
    science, 11;
    institutions, 11;
    church, 14;
    world, 15.
  Mendelssohn, Moses,
    221.
  Metaphysics,
    Cartesian, assumed in the Enlightenment, 135.
  Methodism,
    rise of, 137.
  Middle Ages, the,
    causes of the decay of the civilization of, 4–7.
  Mill, J. S.,
    38 n., 358.
  Mind,
    relation of God to, according to Descartes, 78;
    relation of body and, according to Descartes, 78–80;
    in the philosophy of the Occasionalists, 83;
    in the philosophy of Locke, 156–162;
    in Berkeley’s philosophy, 176, 180;
    in Hume’s philosophy, 191;
    in Reid’s philosophy, 202;
    of Fichte and Schelling, 304;
    in Hegel’s philosophy, 324;
    phenomena of, according to Herbart, 338–340.
    _See_ Soul.
  Modern philosophy,
    comparative short time-length of, iii, iv;
    difficulty in the study of, 1, 2;
    periods of, 2–4;
    and German idealism, 355, 356.
  Modes,
    of mind and matter, according to Descartes, 77;
    of thought and extension, according to Spinoza, 95, 96.
  Monadology,
    Leibnitz’s theory of, 121.
  Monads,
    of Leibnitz, metaphysical atoms, 112, 114, 119, 121;
    the double nature of, 122–125;
    conceived as soul-atoms, 122, 123, 126;
    representation the general function of, 124;
    are windowless, and mirror the universe, 125, 127;
    the principle of unity among, called a pre-established harmony,
        125;
    the intrinsic (philosophical) unity of, 125–129;

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