The Ideas that Made the Modern WorldEncyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 01.10.2008 - 408 Seiten The Ideas that made the Modern World is part of the Britannica Guide Series that offers a look into the people, philosophy, and history of the enlightenment. The Britannica Guides series offers an essential introduction to many of the key issues of our time. Clear, accurate, and meticulously researched, the series gives both background and analysis for when you need to know for sure what is really happening in the world, whether you are an expert, student, or traveler. |
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... critics, make the mistake of thinking that the historical Enlightenment was perfectibilist in its hopes, that is, took itself to be directing mankind towards an ideal future state. In fact it was meliorist, that is, committed to the ...
... critics, make the mistake of thinking that the historical Enlightenment was perfectibilist in its hopes, that is, took itself to be directing mankind towards an ideal future state. In fact it was meliorist, that is, committed to the ...
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... criticism of superstition was not the same as criticism of faith, and that criticism of the Church did not mean criticism of religion. He said he was a deist, that is, one who did not believe in a revealed religion but accepted that a ...
... criticism of superstition was not the same as criticism of faith, and that criticism of the Church did not mean criticism of religion. He said he was a deist, that is, one who did not believe in a revealed religion but accepted that a ...
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... critics blamed the Enlightenment for the excesses of the French Revolution, for Nazism and Stalinism, and for what ... criticism of Enlightenment values is to be met. For example, the argument that the historical Enlightenment spawned ...
... critics blamed the Enlightenment for the excesses of the French Revolution, for Nazism and Stalinism, and for what ... criticism of Enlightenment values is to be met. For example, the argument that the historical Enlightenment spawned ...
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... critics of Enlightenment values have a more general thesis to argue. They argue that we live in thrall to a utopian ideal of rational society which, contrary to the hopes of the philosophes, has enslaved rather than liberated humanity ...
... critics of Enlightenment values have a more general thesis to argue. They argue that we live in thrall to a utopian ideal of rational society which, contrary to the hopes of the philosophes, has enslaved rather than liberated humanity ...
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... critics seems to be limited to in their depiction of a life lived according to Enlightenment principles. Reason. and. Relativism. Yet given that Enlightenment values are so consistently opposed by those who see them as responsible for the ...
... critics seems to be limited to in their depiction of a life lived according to Enlightenment principles. Reason. and. Relativism. Yet given that Enlightenment values are so consistently opposed by those who see them as responsible for the ...
Inhalt
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3 Man and Evolution | 67 |
4 Culture and Education | 100 |
5 Economics and Industrial Revolution | 146 |
Enlightenment Politics | 169 |
7 Philosophy Ethics and Religion | 212 |
Thinkers Writers and Revolutionaries | 251 |
Extracts and Further Reading | 319 |
Further Reading | 355 |
Index | 357 |
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