Religion and the Enlightenment: From Descartes to KantWestminster John Knox Press, 01.01.1997 - 253 Seiten Religion was an integral part of almost everyone's daily life in seventeenth and eighteenth century Western Europe. Yet new philosophical ideas were emerging, ideas that became the foundation of our modern world. This book, designed for classroom use, reveals the roots of Enlightenment thought as well as their results, both positive and negative, with special attention to figures such as Descartes, Pascal, Rousseau, and Kant. |
Inhalt
Changing Ideals | 1 |
Enlightenment Power and Context | 27 |
René Descartes | 53 |
Blaise Pascal | 75 |
The Distant God of Deism | 99 |
From Scepticism to Atheism | 124 |
Science and Religion | 150 |
JeanJacques Rousseau g | 179 |
Immanuel Kant | 203 |
Conclusion | 229 |
Notes | 235 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
achievements Age of Enlightenment appear argued argument atheism attack attempt authority Bayle Cartesian Catholic certainty Christian Christian apologetics church clergy concept considered critical critique cultural d'Alembert David Hume defend deism deists deity Descartes developed Diderot divine doctrine eighteenth century Emile empiricism Encyclopédie epistemology established ethical example existence existence of God experience faith France freedom French happiness Hume Hume's ideas important influence intellectual interpretation Jansenist Jesuits Kant Kant's knowledge leading Leibniz materialist matter mediaeval ment metaphysical method mind miracles modern moral law nature Newton ontological argument original sin orthodoxy Pascal Pensées philosophes Pietist political possible principle problem question rational religion rationalist reality reason Reformation rejection religious belief René Descartes revelation Rousseau scepticism scholastic scholasticism scientific secular seventeenth simply social society soul Spinoza theologians theology theory things thinkers thinking thought tion toleration true truth universe vicar of Savoy Voltaire Voltaire's
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