A case for the Enlightenment, ten essays

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN: 4447
• ISBN-13: 978-3832544478
• Thông tin xuất bản: Berlin Logos Verlag Berlin, 2017
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource (204 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 460579
• Chủ đề: 1. Adam Smith; 2. David Hume; 3. Enlightenment; 4. Salons; 5. Voltaire; 6. Western philosophy: Enlightenment

Tóm tắt

The message of these essays is that the Enlightenment should not be regarded as a revolutionary programme for the future. The philosophers of the Enlightenment hoped to educate individuals in the light of modern science according to Kant's adage: Aude sapere and did not want to change the structure of society. F.L.van Holthoon is emeritus professor of social history in the University of Groningen.