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View article: The Morality of Self-Acceptance: La Rochefoucauld and the Augustinian Challenge
The Morality of Self-Acceptance: La Rochefoucauld and the Augustinian Challenge Open
This article argues that the reception of Augustinian ideas in Pascal and Nicole can be used to clarify what is distinctive in La Rochefoucauld's treatment of self-relations. La Rochefoucauld does not share the Augustinian dichotomy betwee…
View article: Marquard Freher and the presumption of goodness in legal humanism
Marquard Freher and the presumption of goodness in legal humanism Open
One of the most detailed early modern discussions of the morality of esteem can be found in the work of the reformed jurist and historian Marquard Freher (1565–1614). Since the question of how much esteem others deserve is fraught with a h…
View article: Christoph Besold on confederation rights and duties of esteem in diplomatic relations
Christoph Besold on confederation rights and duties of esteem in diplomatic relations Open
The self-worth of political communities is often understood to be an expression of their position in a hierarchy of power; if so, then the desire for self-worth is a source of competition and conflict in international relations. In early m…
View article: Pufendorf and Leibniz on duties of esteem in diplomatic relations
Pufendorf and Leibniz on duties of esteem in diplomatic relations Open
The striving for self-worth is recognized as a driving force in international relations; but if self-worth is understood as a function of status in a power hierarchy, this striving often is a source of anxiety and conflict over status. The…
View article: The morality of the desire for esteem: Gassendi and the Augustinian challenge
The morality of the desire for esteem: Gassendi and the Augustinian challenge Open
Pierre Gassendi (1592–1655) has not been perceived as one of the early modern philosophers who had something interesting to say about the role of the desire for esteem in social life and the moral duties connected with this desire. Neverth…
View article: Mably on Esteem, Republicanism, and the Question of Human Corruption
Mably on Esteem, Republicanism, and the Question of Human Corruption Open
Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709–1785) takes up the republican commonplace that the desire for esteem is what could motivate the fulfilment of duties of civic virtue. This commonplace, however, has become problematic through the discussion of…
View article: Wolff on duties of esteem in the law of peoples
Wolff on duties of esteem in the law of peoples Open
The role that the desire for self‐worth plays in international relations has become a prominent topic in contemporary political theory. Contemporary accounts are based on the notion of national self‐worth as a function of status; therefore…
View article: Christian Wolff on Common Notions and Duties of Esteem
Christian Wolff on Common Notions and Duties of Esteem Open
While contemporary accounts understand esteem and self-esteem as essentially competitive phenomena, early modern natural law theorists developed a conception of justified esteem and self-esteem based on naturally good character traits. Thi…
View article: Helvétius's challenge: Moral luck, political constitutions, and the economy of esteem
Helvétius's challenge: Moral luck, political constitutions, and the economy of esteem Open
This article explores a historical challenge for contemporary accounts of the role that the desire of being esteemed can play in exercising social control. According to Geoffrey Brennan and Philip Pettit, the economy of esteem normally has…
View article: Self-knowledge and varieties of human excellence in the French moralists
Self-knowledge and varieties of human excellence in the French moralists Open
Contemporary accounts of knowing one's own mental states can be instructively supplemented by early modern accounts that understand self-knowledge as an important factor for flourishing human life. This article argues that in the early mod…
View article: Complaisance and the Question of Autonomy in the French Women Moralists, 1650–1710
Complaisance and the Question of Autonomy in the French Women Moralists, 1650–1710 Open
This article explores some diverging attitudes towards the character trait of complaisance—the inclination to please others—in the thought of Madeleine de Scudéry, Jeanne-Michelle de Pringy, and Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon. …
View article: Anne-Thérèse De Lambert On Aging And Self-Esteem
Anne-Thérèse De Lambert On Aging And Self-Esteem Open
This article studies Madame de Lambert’s early eighteenth-century views on aging, and especially the aging of women, by contextualizing them in a twofold way: (1) It understands them as a response to La Rochefoucauld’s scepticism concernin…
View article: D'Holbach On Self-Esteem And The Moral Economy Of Oppression
D'Holbach On Self-Esteem And The Moral Economy Of Oppression Open
Recently, the idea that our desire for the esteem of others could function as a regulative principle of social life has been criticized because the economy of esteem could reinforce oppressive structures due to expressions of mutual esteem…
View article: Julius Caesar Scaliger, Renaissance Reformer of Aristotelianism: A Study of His Exotericae Exercitationes by Kuni Sakamoto
Julius Caesar Scaliger, Renaissance Reformer of Aristotelianism: A Study of His Exotericae Exercitationes by Kuni Sakamoto Open
Reviewed by: Julius Caesar Scaliger, Renaissance Reformer of Aristotelianism: A Study of His Exotericae Exercitationes by Kuni Sakamoto Andreas Blank Kuni Sakamoto. Julius Caesar Scaliger, Renaissance Reformer of Aristotelianism: A Study o…