Models of the History of Philosophy Volume II: From Cartesian Age to

Published in English for the first time, this is the updated version of Dall’età cartesiana a Brucker, the second part of the monumental multi-volume Storia delle storie generali della filosofia. The translation of the first volume, edited by C.W.T. Black

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MODELS OF THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY: VOLUME II: FROM THE CARTESIAN AGE TO BRUCKER

Edited by

Gregorio Piaia · Giovanni Santinello†

Board of Directors: Founding Editors: Paul Dibon† and Richard H. Popkin† Director: Sarah Hutton (Aberystwyth University) Associate Directors: J.E. Force (University of Kentucky); J.C. Laursen (University of California, Riverside) Editorial Board: M.J.B. Allen (Los Angeles); J.-R. Armogathe (Paris); J. Henry (Edinburgh); J.D. North (Oxford); M. Mulsow (Erfurt); G. Paganini (Vercelli); J. Popkin (Lexington); G.A.J. Rogers (Keele); Th. Verbeek (Utrecht) For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/5640

Models of the History of Philosophy Volume II: From the Cartesian Age to Brucker

Edited by

Gregorio Piaia and

Giovanni Santinello†

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Editors Prof. Gregorio Piaia Università di Padova Dipartimento di. Filosofia Piazza Capitaniato 3 35139 Padova Italy [email protected]

Prof. Giovanni Santinello†

Translation from the Italian language edition: Storia delle storie generali della filosofia, Vol. 2: Dall’età cartesiana a Brucker, ed. by G. Santinello Copyright © La Scuola, Brescia 1979 ISSN 0066-6610 ISBN 978-90-481-9506-0 e-ISBN 978-90-481-9507-7 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-9507-7 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Foreword to the English Edition

This volume resumes the work of the English translation of the great collective work the Storia delle storie generali della filosofia: the translation of Vol. I (From Its Origins in the Renaissance to the ‘Historia Philosophica’) was in fact edited by Constance W.T. Blackwell and Philip Weller as far back as 1993, by now part of the previous century . . . The delay has been due to many reasons, not least of which was the long painful illness and death (on 22nd August, 2003) of Giovanni Santinello, the creator, coordinator, and animating spirit behind this great scientific and editorial project. Once the Storia delle storie generali della filosofia was finally completed in 2004 with the publication of the final two volumes (4/II: L’età hegeliana. La storiografia filosofica nell’area neolatina, danubiana e russa; 5: Il secondo Ottocento), work could now be resumed on the English translation, thanks to the backing of Kluwer publishers, which in the meantime had become part of the larger editorial group Springer. The volume which we present here in its English translation has been ent