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The Dream of Enlightenment - The Rise of Modern Philosophy (Paperback)
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The Dream of Enlightenment - The Rise of Modern Philosophy (Paperback)
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Western philosophy is now two and a half millennia old, but much of
it came in just two staccato bursts, each lasting only about 150
years. In his landmark survey of Western philosophy from the Greeks
to the Renaissance, The Dream of Reason, Anthony Gottlieb
documented the first burst, which came in the Athens of Socrates,
Plato, and Aristotle. Now, in his sequel, The Dream of
Enlightenment, Gottlieb expertly navigates a second great explosion
of thought, taking us to northern Europe in the wake of its wars of
religion and the rise of Galilean science. In a relatively short
period-from the early 1640s to the eve of the French
Revolution-Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, and Hume all
made their mark. The Dream of Enlightenment tells their story and
that of the birth of modern philosophy. As Gottlieb explains, all
these men were amateurs: none had much to do with any university.
They tried to fathom the implications of the new science and of
religious upheaval, which led them to question traditional
teachings and attitudes. What does the advance of science entail
for our understanding of ourselves and for our ideas of God? How
should a government deal with religious diversity-and what,
actually, is government for? Such questions remain our questions,
which is why Descartes, Hobbes, and the others are still pondered
today. Yet it is because we still want to hear them that we can
easily get these philosophers wrong. It is tempting to think they
speak our language and live in our world; but to understand them
properly, we must step back into their shoes. Gottlieb puts readers
in the minds of these frequently misinterpreted figures,
elucidating the history of their times and the development of
scientific ideas while engagingly explaining their arguments and
assessing their legacy in lively prose. With chapters focusing on
Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Pierre Bayle, Leibniz, Hume,
Rousseau, and Voltaire-and many walk-on parts-The Dream of
Enlightenment creates a sweeping account of what the Enlightenment
amounted to, and why we are still in its debt.
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