Arthur O. Lovejoy and the Quest for Intelligibility - Softcover

Wilson, Daniel J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807814318 ISBN 13: 9780807814314

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 2012

Synopsis

Lovejoy (1873-1962) was America's foremost historian of ideas, a major participant in the philosophical debates of the twentieth century, and a prominent advocate of academic freedom. The product of an emotionally unsettled childhood and an evangelical father, Lovejoy reacted against his father by postulating the certainty of self-sufficient reason. He believed that only the principles of reason could order the world and so make our universe intelligible.

Originally published in 1980.

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About this edition

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0807814318
• ISBN 13: 9780807814314
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 248