[lit-ideas] Re: early modern philosophy
- From: Erin Holder <erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 17:13:19 -0400
This is neat. Thanks muchly,
Erin
Quoting Robert Paul <Robert.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> This is forwarded from Jonathan Bennett, a distinguished philosopher, who
> has
> retired to an island in British Columbia, presumably to contemplate the
> unchanging forms and the changing sea. Bennett is the author of two books
> on
> Kant, which I'm sure Richard Hennige has refuted line by line elsewhere.
> But
> this might be a website worth keeping an eye on.
>
> Robert Paul
> Reed College
> ---------------
>
> I have launched a new website (www.earlymoderntexts.com) containing
> versions of some classics of early modern philosophy, prepared with a view
> to making them easier to read while leaving the main arguments, doctrines,
> and lines of thought intact. These versions are faithful to the content of
>
> the originals, but are plainer and more straightforward in manner. They are
>
> not dumbed down. One graduate student wrote in his weblog about one of the
>
> texts: 'The arguments and even most of the turns of phrase are unchanged,
> but it's just plain easier to read.' To the best of my knowledge, no other
> student-friendly versions of early modern philosophy texts exist anywhere
> on the Internet.
>
> Jonathan Bennett
>
> R.R.1, S-16
> Bowen Island, BC V0N 1G0
> Canada
> phone: (604) 947-2099
> fax: (604) 947-2095
> jfbennett@xxxxxxx
>
>
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