The Enlightenment and the Intellectual Foundations of Modern Culture
The prestige of the Enlightenment has declined in recent years. Many consider its thinking abstract, its art and poetry uninspiring, and the assertion that it introduced a new age of freedom and progress after centuries of darkness and superstition presumptuous. In this book, an eminent scholar of m...
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| Language: | English |
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New Haven
Yale University Press
2004
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| Edition: | 1 |
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| ISBN: | 9780300100327, 0300100329, 0300113463, 9780300113464, 9780300133684, 0300133685 |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter Table of Contents Preface Introduction 1: A Definition and a Provisional Justification 2: A Different Cosmos 3: A New Sense of Selfhood 4: Toward a New Conception of Art 5: The Moral Crisis 6: The Origin of Modern Social Theories 7: The New Science of History 8: The Religious Crisis 9: The Faith of the Philosophers 10: Spiritual Continuity and Renewal Conclusion Notes Index
- Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. A Definition and a Provisional Justification -- 2. A Different Cosmos -- 3. A New Sense of Selfhood -- 4. Toward a New Conception of Art -- 5. The Moral Crisis -- 6. The Origin of Modern Social Theories -- 7. The New Science of History -- 8. The Religious Crisis -- 9. The Faith of the Philosophers -- 10. Spiritual Continuity and Renewal -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index
- Contents --
- Preface --
- 9 The Faith of the Philosophers --
- Index
- Conclusion --
- 3 A New Sense of Selfhood --
- 8 The Religious Crisis --
- 2 A Different Cosmos --
- 7 The New Science of History --
- 1 A Definition and a Provisional Justification --
- Frontmatter --
- 4 Toward a New Conception of Art --
- 5 The Moral Crisis --
- 6 The Origin of Modern Social Theories --
- Notes --
- 10 Spiritual Continuity and Renewal --
- Introduction --