The Problem of Being Modern, or the German Pursuit of Enlightenment from Christian Woolf to the French Revolution

Saine, Thomas P.

ISBN 10: 0814326811 / ISBN 13: 9780814326817

Published by Wayne State University Press, 1997

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Hbk, 370 p. Condition as new. Contents : Paradigms of science and belief -- Leibniz's system as mediation between science and theology -- The necessity and hopelessness of theodicies -- Christian Wolff and the claims of philosophy -- Wolffian times -- Deism and radical theology -- Lessing and the search for truth -- The search for true Christians and the progress of mankind -- Prussian anti-Enlightenment after Frederick II. [Enlightenment Germany. Religion and science Germany History 18th century] h1882 / m15225.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Problem of Being Modern, or the German Pursuit of Enlightenment from Christian Woolf to the French Revolution
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0814326811
• ISBN 13: 9780814326817
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Book by Sine, Thomas P., Saine, Thomas P.

Book Description

In The Problem of Being Modern, Thomas P. Saine provides a lucid introduction to German philosophy in the eighteenth century.