ABSTRACT This introductory article outlines the themes and aims of this special issue, which offers new perspectives on early modern debates about agency in two ways: First, it recovers writings on agency and liberty that have been widely neglected or that have received insufficient attention, including writings by Anne Conway, Henry More, Ralph Cudworth, William King, Gabrielle Suchon, Elizabeth Berkeley Burnet, Mary Astell, and Anthony Ashley Cooper, the Third Earl of Shaftesbury. Second, it reveals the richness of early modern debates about agency and liberty.

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近代早期哲学中能动性的新视角

摘要 这篇介绍性文章概述了本期特刊的主题和目标，它以两种方式为早期现代关于能动性的辩论提供了新的视角：首先，它恢复了被广泛忽视或没有得到足够重视的关于能动性和自由的著作，包括安妮·康威、亨利·莫尔、拉尔夫·库德沃斯、威廉·金、加布里埃尔·苏琼、伊丽莎白·伯克利·伯内特、玛丽·阿斯特尔和第三代沙夫茨伯里伯爵安东尼·阿什利·库珀的着作。其次，它揭示了关于能动性和自由的早期现代辩论的丰富性。