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The Lever as Instrument of Reason - Technological Constructions of Knowledge around 1800 (Hardcover)
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The Lever as Instrument of Reason - Technological Constructions of Knowledge around 1800 (Hardcover)
Series: New Directions in German Studies
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The lever appears to be a very simple object, a tool used since
ancient times for the most primitive of tasks: to lift and to
balance. Why, then, were prominent intellectuals active around 1800
in areas as diverse as science, philosophy, and literature inspired
to think and write about levers? In The Lever as Instrument of
Reason, readers will discover the remarkable ways in which the
lever is used to model the construction of knowledge and to
mobilize new ideas among diverse disciplines. These acts of
construction are shown to model key aspects of the human, from the
more abstract processes of moral decision-making to a quite literal
equation of the powerful human ego with the supposed stability and
power of the fulcrum point.
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