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Being Syntheses Of Poetry, Politics And Philosophy As Disclosed On
T. V. Smith Day, Syracuse University, November 10, 1948.
Contributors Include Edward P. Davison, Charner Perry, Glenn
Negley, And Others.
The philosophic search for truth has been evident in all ages and
among all peoples. The developments of each generation require new
philosophies and the recasting of old ones. The eighteenth century
was no exception, and the scientific advances of the times brought
about many innovations in philosophic thought. At a time when
scientists were reducing certain phenomena of the natural world to
expressions of a few simple mathematical laws, men such as
Berkeley, Hume, and Kant were trying to discover how far and on
what basis human reason could be applied with similar success in
other fields. The selections in this book, preceded by short
biographical sketches, document this philosophic search. "The
selections are liberal and well chosen, indeed only an examination
of the table of contents will give an adequate idea of the value of
this volume. . . . How better can one become a modern thinker than
by reading and studying at first hand the writings that have made
modern thought possible?"--Roger W. Holmes," The Philosophical
Review"
Modern thought and modes of living have been immeasurably
influenced by the philosophers of the Enlightenment--men such as
Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Newton, Leibniz, and Locke. Gathered
together in this book and preceded by valuable biographical
sketches are selections from the basic and most significant
writings of each of these men.
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