Restoration of Reason: The Eclipse and Recovery of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty

Brown, Montague

ISBN 10: 0801031540 / ISBN 13: 9780801031540

Published by Baker Academic, Grand Rapids, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Restoration of Reason: The Eclipse and Recovery of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
• Publisher: Baker Academic, Grand Rapids
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801031540
• ISBN 13: 9780801031540
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition.
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  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

Renaissance and Enlightenment philosophers arbitrarily restricted reason, with disastrous consequences for human understanding. This book explains why the restoration of reason to its full breadth and power is in order. Montague Brown discusses how and why modern thought focused its efforts too narrowly on one portion of the spectrum of realities with which human reason ought to concern itself (truth) and so became incapable of handling moral (goodness) and aesthetic (beauty) topics adequately. The new focus produced unprecedented achievements in science and technology, but in other areas it produced significant losses. Brown explains how pre-Enlightenment thought avoided such narrowing and how post-Enlightenment philosophers have tried to redress it. Finally, he presents his own classically grounded proposal. Philosophy and theology students and thoughtful lay readers will appreciate this book.

About the Author

Montague Brown (Ph.D., Boston College) is Richard L. Bready Professor of Ethics, Economics, and the Common Good and chair of the philosophy department at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. Among his numerous publications is The Quest for Moral Foundations: An Introduction to Ethics.