Enlightenment and Action from Descartes to Kant: Passionate Thought

by Michael Losonsky

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Kant believed that true enlightenment is the use of reason freely in public. This book systematicaaly traces the philosophical origins and development of the idea that the improvement of human understanding requires public activity. Michael Losonsky focuses on seventeenth-century discussions of the problem of irresolution and the closely connected theme of the role of volition in human belief formation. This involves a discussion of the work of Descartes,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521039789

ISBN13:9780521039789

Release Date:August 2007

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.79 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

17th Century History & Surveys Humanism Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences

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