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Sparks of Reason: vernacular rationalism in the Low Countries 1150-1670 (Bibliotheca Dissidentium Neerlandicorum, 16) - Softcover

Buys, Ruben

 
9789087045159: Sparks of Reason: vernacular rationalism in the Low Countries 1150-1670 (Bibliotheca Dissidentium Neerlandicorum, 16)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9087045158 ISBN 13: 9789087045159
Verlag: Uitgeverij Verloren, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

Throughout the late Middle Ages and the early modern period, the Low Countries were home to a vibrant tradition of lay philosophy in Dutch. Sparks of Reason takes a detailed look at this philosophical tradition, with a special focus on the sixteenth century. During this turbulent century, several authors, such as Dirck Volkertsz Coornhert (1522-1590) and Hendrik Laurensz Spiegel (1549-1612), developed a philosophy which was founded on rationality and self-motivation. This "Vernacular Rationalism" was a dynamic melting pot of classical philosophy, Humanism, Spiritualism and popular piety. As this book shows, Vernacular Rationalism was rooted in an age-old Netherlandish tradition and was to become one of the breeding grounds for the Early Enlightenment in the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic. Its point of departure was the inherent goodness of humankind and the possibility of moral growth through rational knowledge. Its goal was perfect happiness.

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Throughout the late Middle Ages and the early modern period, the Low Countries were home to a vibrant tradition of lay philosophy in Dutch. Sparks of Reason takes a detailed look at this philosophical tradition, with a special focus on the sixteenth century. During this turbulent century, several authors, such as Dirck Volkertsz Coornhert (1522-1590) and Hendrik Laurensz Spiegel (1549-1612), developed a philosophy which was founded on rationality and self-motivation. This "Vernacular Rationalism" was a dynamic melting pot of classical philosophy, Humanism, Spiritualism and popular piety. As this book shows, Vernacular Rationalism was rooted in an age-old Netherlandish tradition and was to become one of the breeding grounds for the Early Enlightenment in the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic. Its point of departure was the inherent goodness of humankind and the possibility of moral growth through rational knowledge. Its goal was perfect happiness.

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Verlag
Uitgeverij Verloren
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9087045158
ISBN 13 
9789087045159
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Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
320
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