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Platonism at the Origins of Modernity: Studies on Platonism and Early Modern PhilosophyDouglas Hedley, Sarah Hutton, 2008&#160;This collection of essays offers an overview of the range and breadth of Platonic philosophy in the early modern period. It examines philosophers of Platonic tradition, such as Cusanus, Ficino, and Cudworth. The book also addresses the impact of Platonism on major philosophers of the period, especially Descartes, Leibniz, Locke, Shaftesbury and Berkeley.(Text by the editors)&#160;Table of contents &#160;Introduction - Hutton, SarahNicholas of Cusa (1401–1464): Platonism at the Dawn of Modernity - Moran, DermotAt Variance: Marsilio Ficino, Platonism and Heresy - Allen, Michael J. B.Going Naked into the Shrine: Herbert, Plotinus and the Constructive Metaphor - Clark, Stephen R. L.Comenius, Light Metaphysics and Educational Reform - Rohls, JanRobert Fludd’s Kabbalistic Cosmos - Schmidt-Biggemann, WilhelmReconciling Theory and Fact: The Problem of ‘Other Faiths’ in Lord Herbert and the Cambridge Platonists - Pailin, DavidTrinity, Community and Love: Cudworth’s Platonism and the Idea of God - Armour, LeslieChaos and Order in Cudworth’s Thought - Breteau, Jean-LouisCudworth, Prior and Passmore on the Autonomy of Ethics - Attfield, RobinSubstituting Aristotle: Platonic Themes in Dutch Cartesianism - Ruler, HanSoul, Body and World: Plato’s Timaeus and Descartes’ Meditations - Wilson, CatherineLocke, Plato and Platonism - Rogers, G. A. J.Reflections on Locke’s Platonism - Nuovo, VictorThe Platonism at the Core of Leibniz’s Philosophy - Mercer, ChristiaLeibniz and Berkeley: Platonic Metaphysics and ‘The Mechanical Philosophy’ - Brown, StuartWhich Platonism for Which Modernity? A Note on Shaftesbury’s Socratic Sea-Cards - Jaffro, LaurentPlatonism, Aesthetics and the Sublime at the Origins of Modernity - Hedley, Douglas