"Be Sober and Reasonable" - The Critique of Enthusiasm in the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries (Hardcover)

"Be Sober and Reasonable" deals with the theological and medical critique of "enthusiasm" in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, and with the relationship between enthusiasm and the new natural philosophy in that period. "Enthusiasm" at that time was a label ascribed to various individuals and groups who claimed to have direct divine inspiration - prophets, millenarists, alchemists, but also experimental philosophers, and even philosophers like Descartes. The book attempts to combine the perspectives of Intellectual history, Church history, history of medicine, and history of science, in analysing the various reactions to enthusiasm. The central thesis of the book is that the reaction to enthusiasm, especially in the Protestant world, may provide one important key to the origins of the Enlightenment, and to the processes of secularization of European consciousness.

General

Imprint:	Brill
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, 63
Release date:	September 2000
First published:	September 2000
Authors:	Michael Heyd
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - With printed dust jacket
Pages:	314
ISBN-13:	978-90-04-10118-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Philosophy of religion > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Philosophy of religion > General Promotions
LSN:	90-04-10118-7
Barcode:	9789004101180

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