The Sovereignty of Reason: The Defense of Rationality in the Early English Enlightenment

by Frederick C. Beiser

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The Sovereignty of Reason is a survey of the rule of faith controversy in seventeenth-century England. It examines the arguments by which reason eventually became the sovereign standard of truth in religion and politics, and how it triumphed over its rivals: Scripture, inspiration, and apostolic tradition. Frederick Beiser argues that the main threat to the authority of reason in seventeenth-century England came not only from dissident groups...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691600546

ISBN13:9780691600543

Release Date:July 2014

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:346 Pages

Weight:1.07 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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Humanism Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Philosophy

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