The Problem of Being Modern, Or, The German Pursuit of Enlightenment from Leibniz to the French Revolution

The Problem of Being Modern, Or, The German Pursuit of Enlightenment from Leibniz to the French Revolution
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Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : 0814326811
ISBN-13 : 9780814326817
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Download or read book The Problem of Being Modern, Or, The German Pursuit of Enlightenment from Leibniz to the French Revolution written by Thomas P. Saine and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Problem of Being Modern, Thomas P. Saine provides a lucid introduction to German thought in the eighteenth century and the struggle of Enlightenment philosophers and writers to come to grips with the profound philosophical and theological implications of new scientific developments since the seventeenth century. He concentrates on those points at which the essential modernity and the secular viewpoint of the Enlightenment conflicted with traditional thought structures rooted in the religious world view that governed attitudes and behavior far into the eighteenth century.


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