The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy - Hardcover

Gottlieb, Anthony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0871404435 ISBN 13: 9780871404435

Verlag: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2016

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The Dream of ReasonThe Dream of EnlightenmentThe Dream of EnlightenmentAs Gottlieb explains, all these men were amateurs: none had much to do with any university. They tried to fathom the implications of the new science and of religious upheaval, which led them to question traditional teachings and attitudes. What does the advance of science entail for our understanding of ourselves and for our ideas of God? How should a government deal with religious diversity and what, actually, is government for? Such questions remain our questions, which is why Descartes, Hobbes, and the others are still pondered today.Yet it is because we still want to hear them that we can easily get these philosophers wrong. It is tempting to think they speak our language and live in our world; but to understand them properly, we must step back into their shoes. Gottlieb puts readers in the minds of these frequently misinterpreted figures, elucidating the history of their times and the development of scientific ideas while engagingly explaining their arguments and assessing their legacy in lively prose.The Dream of Enlightenment

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Anthony Gottlieb is the author of The Dream of Reason, a former executive editor of The Economist, and has held visiting fellowships at Harvard University and All Souls College, Oxford. His work has appeared in The New Yorker and the New York Times.

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• Verlag: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0871404435
• ISBN 13: 9780871404435
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 301
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