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The mind is a collection : case studies in eighteenth-century thought / Sean Silver.
Author
Silver, Sean, 1972-
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Book
Language
English
Published/Created
University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc., 2015.
Description
1 online resource
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Collectors and collecting
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History
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17th century
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Case studies
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Collectors and collecting
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History
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18th century
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Case studies
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Museums
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Curatorship
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England
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London
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History
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17th century
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Case studies
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Museums
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Curatorship
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England
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London
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History
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18th century
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Case studies
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Imagination (Philosophy)
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England
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Intellectual life
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17th century
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England
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Intellectual life
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18th century
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Summary note
The Mind Is a Collection approaches seventeenth- and eighteenth-century theory of the mind from a material point of view, examining the metaphors for mental activity that invoked the material activity of collection.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
Description based on print version record.
Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Preface : Welcome To The Museum
Introduction
Case 1. Metaphor
Case 2. Design
Case 3. Digression
Case 4. Inwardness
Case 5. Conception
Case 6. Dispossession
Conclusion
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments.
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ISBN
0812291565 ((electronic bk.))
9780812291568 ((electronic bk.))
LCCN
2015013299
OCLC
927160073
Doi
10.9783/9780812291568
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Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage.
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