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Scepticism in the eighteenth century : Enlightenment, Lumières, Aufklärung
The Age of Enlightenment has often been portrayed as a dogmatic period on account of the veritable worship of reason and progress that characterized Eighteenth Century thinkers. Even today the philosophes are considered to have been completely dominated in their thinking by an optimism that leads to...
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| Main Authors : | , |
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| Format : | Book |
| Language : | anglais français |
| Title statement : | Scepticism in the eighteenth century : Enlightenment, Lumières, Aufklärung / Sébastien Charles, Plino J. Smith, editors |
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Dordrecht, Heidelberg, New York [etc.] :
Springer
, C 2013 |
| Physical Description : | 1 vol. (XXVII-381 p.) |
| Series : | Archives internationales d'histoire des idées (Print) ; 210 |
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| Summary : | The Age of Enlightenment has often been portrayed as a dogmatic period on account of the veritable worship of reason and progress that characterized Eighteenth Century thinkers. Even today the philosophes are considered to have been completely dominated in their thinking by an optimism that leads to dogmatism and ultimately rationalism. However, on closer inspection, such a conception seems untenable, not only after careful study of the impact of scepticism on numerous intellectual domains in the period, but also as a result of a better understanding of the character of the Enlightenment |
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| Notes : | Contributions en anglais et français Contributions présentées à la conférence "Scepticism and the Enlightenment" qui s'est tenue à São Paulo en décembre 2009 et à Montréal en avril 2010 |
| Bibliography : | Bibliogr. p. 357-373. Notes bibliogr. en fin de contributions. Index |
| ISBN : | 978-94-007-4809-5 |