Enlightenment and action from Descartes to Kant : passionate thought /

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"Kant believed that true enlightenment is the use of reason freely in public. This is the first book to trace systematically the philosophical origins and development of the idea that the improvement of human understanding requires public activity." "Michael Losonsky focuses on l7th-c...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Losonsky, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
1600-1699
Enlightenment.
Philosophy > History > 17th century.
Reason > Social aspects > History > 17th century.
Siècle des Lumières.
Philosophie > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Raison > Aspect social > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Enlightenment (18th-century western movement)
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
Enlightenment
Philosophy
Reason > Social aspects
Freiheit
Philosophie
Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis)
Sociale actie.
FILOSOFIA MODERNA.
ILUMINISMO.
RAZÃO.
Mouvement des Lumières.
Raison > Aspect social > 17e siècle.
Humaniora > Filosofi.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the enlightened mind
  • Descartes: willful thinking
  • Hobbes: passionate thinking
  • Locke: uneasy thinking
  • Enthusiasm: inspired thinking
  • Spinoza: resolute thinking
  • Leibniz: trained thinking
  • Conclusion: the public mind.

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