The Sovereignty of Reason : The Defense of Rationality in the Early English Enlightenment

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The Sovereignty of Reason is a survey of the rule of faith controversy in seventeenth-century England. It examines the arguments by which reason eventually became the sovereign standard of truth in religion and politics, and how it triumphed over its rivals: Scripture, inspiration, and apostolic tra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Beiser, Frederick C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Reason.
Philosophy, English.
Enlightenment.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > General.
Philosophie anglaise > 18e siecle.
Raison > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Siecle des Lumieres > Angleterre.
Philosophy, English > 18th century.
Reason > History > 18th century.
Enlightenment > England.
England.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The Sovereignty of Reason is a survey of the rule of faith controversy in seventeenth-century England. It examines the arguments by which reason eventually became the sovereign standard of truth in religion and politics, and how it triumphed over its rivals: Scripture, inspiration, and apostolic tradition. Frederick Beiser argues that the main threat to the authority of reason in seventeenth-century England came not only from dissident groups but chiefly from the Protestant theology of the Church of England. The triumph of reason was the result of a new theology rather than the devel.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (328 pages).
ISBN:9781400864447

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