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Reason, nature and the human being in the West: an historical approach

Conceptualisations of Animals Plants and Nature in the West

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Part 1: The medieval period and the emergence of modern science

Pre-Modern ideas

Teleology

Meaning

Nature

Reason

Form and Essence


Background: how medieval and Ancient thought articulate

The emergence of Modernity

Rejection of the hylomorphism

The objective study of nature

Foucault's account

300 word summary

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