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Alchemy and the Transformation of Matter in Richard Crashaw’s Poetry (1612-1649) 理查德·克拉肖诗歌中的炼金术与物质转化(1612-1649)

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Journal of Early Modern Studies-Romania Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.5840/jems202110214

Fabrice Schultz

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Reasons for the Method in Descartes’ Discours 笛卡尔话语中方法的原因

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Journal of Early Modern Studies-Romania Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.5840/jems20211011

Patrick Brissey

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The ‘Necessity’ of Leibniz’s Rejection of Necessitarianism 莱布尼茨对必然性主义的否定的“必然性”

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Journal of Early Modern Studies-Romania Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.5840/jems20211014

J. Anderson

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The Conservatism of the Counterreformation in Montaigne’s “Apology for Raymond Sebond” 蒙田《为雷蒙德·塞邦德道歉》中反宗教改革的保守主义

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Journal of Early Modern Studies-Romania Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.5840/jems202110212

Kyle S. Hodge

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Swedenborg’s Religious Rationalism 斯威登堡的宗教理性主义

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Journal of Early Modern Studies-Romania Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.5840/jems202110215

Hasse Hämäläinen

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Religion, Medicine, Politics, and Practice 宗教、医学、政治和实践

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Journal of Early Modern Studies-Romania Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.5840/jems202110217

B. Goldberg

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Ruth Boeker, Locke on Persons and Personal Identity, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021 露丝·勃克尔，《洛克论人与人格同一性》，牛津:牛津大学出版社，2021年

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Journal of Early Modern Studies-Romania Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.5840/jems20211017

Diego Lucci

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Jennifer M. Rampling, The Experimental Fire. Inventing English Alchemy, 1300-1700, Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2020 詹妮弗·m·兰普林，《实验之火》《发明英国炼金术，1300-1700年》，芝加哥和伦敦:芝加哥大学出版社，2020年

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Journal of Early Modern Studies-Romania Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.5840/jems20211019

Doina‐Cristina Rusu

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Brian C. Ribeiro, Sextus, Montaigne, Hume: Pyrrhonizers Brian C.Ribeiro，Sextus，Montaigne，Hume：金字塔化者

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Journal of Early Modern Studies-Romania Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.5840/jems202110218

A. Matytsin

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Expanding the Corpus of Early Modern Natural Philosophy 扩充早期现代自然哲学的语料库

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Journal of Early Modern Studies-Romania Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.5840/jems20211016

Andrea Sangiacomo, Raluca A. Tanasescu, S. Donker, Hugo Hogenbirk

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