Mind Is a Collection

Mind Is a Collection

Case Studies in Eighteenth-Century Thought

by Sean Silver
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John Locke described the mind as a cabinet; Robert Hooke called it a repository; Joseph Addison imagined a drawer of medals.

Each of these philosophers was an avid collector and curator of books, coins, and cultural artifacts.

It is therefore no coinciden.

First published
2015
Publishers
University of Pennsylvania Press
Language
English

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