C. S. Lewis

Sorana Corneanu

Sfaturile unui diavol bătrân către unul mai tânâr, unde spre sfârșit, Sfredelin propune o închinare

Jocelyn Easton Gibb

unde spre sfârşit Sfredelin propune o închinare

Sfaturile unui diavol bătrân către unul mai tânăr

In this work, Sorana Corneanu proposes a different approach to the epistemological and methodological doctrines of the leading experimental philosophers of 17th-century England, an approach that considers their often overlooked moral, psychological, and theological elements.

Boyle, Locke, and the Early Modern Cultura Animi Tradition

Regimens of the Mind

In Regimens of the Mind, Sorana Corneanu proposes a new approach to the epistemological and methodological doctrines of the leading experimental philosophers of seventeenth-century England, an approach that considers their often overlooked moral, psychological, and theological elements. Corneanu focuses on the views about the pursuit of knowledge in the writings of Robert Boyle and John Locke, as well as in those of several of their influences, including Francis Bacon and the early Royal Society virtuosi. She argues that their experimental programs of inquiry fulfill the role of regimens for curing, ordering, and educating the mind toward an ethical purpose, an idea she tracks back to the ancient tradition of cultura animi. Corneanu traces this idea through its early modern revival and illustrates how it organizes the experimental philosophers’ reflections on the discipline of judgment, the study of nature, and the study of Scripture. It is through this lens, the author suggests, that the core features of the early modern English experimental philosophy—including its defense of experience, its epistemic modesty, its communal nature, and its pursuit of “objectivity”—are best understood.

Special Issue: The Care of the Self in Early Modern Philosophy and Science

Journal of Early Modern Studies: Volume 4, Issue 2 (Fall 2015)

Dana Jalobeanu

Guido Giglioni

James A.T. Lancaster

This book offers a comprehensive and unitary study of the philosophy of Francis Bacon, with special emphasis on the medical, ethical and political aspects of his thought. It presents an original interpretation focused on the material conditions of nature and human life. In particular, coverage in the book is organized around the unifying theme of Bacon’s notion of appetite, which is considered in its natural, ethical, medical and political meanings. The book redefines the notions of experience and experiment in Bacon’s philosophy of nature, shows the important presence of Stoic themes in his work as well as provides an original discussion of the relationships between natural magic, prudence and political realism in his philosophy. Bringing together scholarly expertise from the history of philosophy, the history of science and the history of literature, this book presents readers with a rich and diverse contextualization of Bacon’s philosophy.

Sorana Corneanu

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