Western philosophy: Enlightenment

In the European Enlightenments it was often argued that moral conduct rather than adherence to certain theological doctrines was the true measure of religious belief.

It has long been acknowledged that Jews and Christians distinguished themselves through charity to the poor.

An inspiring and enlightening introduction to Quakerism, the second title in the Yale University Press “The Spirit of .

The late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are known as the Age of Enlightenment, a time of science and reason.

An esteemed scholar of Hinduism presents a groundbreaking interpretation of ancient Indian texts and their historic influence on subversive resistance Ancient Hindu texts speak of the three aims of human life: dharma,artha, and kama.

Dieser Band versammelt die Beiträge einer Tagung, die im Februar 2019 mit Unterstützung des Forschungsverbunds Marbach Weimar Wolfenbüttel und der Dr.

This book, combining integratively-revised previously-published papers with entirely new chapters, challenges and treats some major problems in Kant's philosophy not by means of new interpretations but by suggesting some variations on Kantian themes.

Introducing Christian Ethics helps Christians form a sound basis for making ethical decisions in today's complex postmodern world.

Die Frühromantik versuchte, auf ein umfassendes Gefühl der geistigen Krise zu reagieren, das das späte 18.

Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is well-known for his introspective turn away from sensible bodies and toward non-sensory ideas of mind, body, and God.

Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is well-known for his introspective turn away from sensible bodies and toward non-sensory ideas of mind, body, and God.

The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are arguably the most important period in philosophy's history, given that they set a new and broad foundation for subsequent philosophical thought.

Kant war zwar einer der bedeutendsten Kritiker der Metaphysik, aber er war kein Antimetaphysiker.

Ernst Cassirers Darstellung der Philosophie der Aufklärung, die er ursprünglich 'Ideengeschichte der Aufklärungszeit' nennen wollte, zählt zu den herausragenden Standardwerken zur Bestimmung der Leitgedanken der Epoche.

Die derzeitige Konjunktur von Spinozas Philosophie auch im deutschen Sprachraum ruft nach neuen Zugängen und Methoden zu seinem Denken.

The Other Adam Smith represents the next wave of critical thinking about the still under-examined work of this paradigmatic Enlightenment thinker.

Sustainability has become a compelling topic of domestic and international debate as the world searches for effective solutions to accumulating ecological problems.

We share the capacity for knowledge with animals, but it is the nature and the scope of what we may rationally believe that makes us human.

Explores concepts that bring together the thinking of Spinoza and Marx.

This collection of fifteen insightful essays examines the complexity and diversity of Quaker antislavery attitudes across three centuries, from 1658 to 1890.

In the first book to investigate in detail the origins of antislavery thought and rhetoric within the Society of Friends, Brycchan Carey shows how the Quakers turned against slavery in the first half of the eighteenth century and became the first organization to take a stand against the slave trade.

Arguably the leading British historian of his generation, Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914–2003) is most celebrated and admired as the author of essays.

An intimate account of the American Revolution as seen through the eyes of a Quaker pacifist couple living in Philadelphia   Historian Richard Godbeer presents a richly layered and intimate account of the American Revolution as experienced by a Philadelphia Quaker couple, Elizabeth Drinker and the merchant Henry Drinker, who barely survived the unique perils that Quakers faced during that conflict.

While the traditional Christian engagement with environmental ethics too often begins and ends with Genesis, this project joins numerous recent efforts by biblical scholars to identify new foundations on which Christians can make ethical choices about creation.

This book calls attention to an urgent need for postcolonial feminist approaches to practical theology.

Immigration has in recent years become a hotly contested subject in public political and social discussions.

The fall of the Berlin Wall, symbol of the bipolar order that emerged after World War II, seemed to inaugurate an age of ever fewer borders.

A lively examination of the life and work of one of the great Enlightenment intellectualsPhilosopher, translator, novelist, art critic, and editor of the Encyclopedie, Denis Diderot was one of the liveliest figures of the Enlightenment.

An internationally famous philosopher and best-selling author during his lifetime, Georg Simmel has been marginalized in contemporary intellectual and cultural history.

A sweeping intellectual biography that restores the Enlightenment polymath to the intellectual, scientific, and courtly worlds that shaped his early life and thoughtDescribed by Voltaire as ';perhaps a man of the most universal learning in Europe,' Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (16461716) is often portrayed as a rationalist and philosopher who was wholly detached from the worldly concerns of his fellow men.

In honor of what would have been Clarence Jordan's one hundredth birthday and the seventieth anniversary of Koinonia Farm, the first Clarence Jordan Symposium convened in historic Sumter County, Georgia, in 2012, gathering theologians, historians, actors, and activists in civil rights, housing, agriculture, and fair-trade businesses to celebrate a remarkable individual and his continuing influence.

How are we to care for our bodies and our health as part of faithful Christian living?

While many of the Reformers considered natural law unproblematic, many Protestants consider natural law a "e;Catholic thing,"e; and not persuasive.

Principles-based biomedical ethics has been a dominant paradigm for the teaching and practice of biomedical ethics for over three decades.

Jacques Ellul (1912-1994) was Professor of the History and Sociology of Institutions at the University of Bordeaux.

Over the past one and a half decades, the scope of experimental philosophy (x-phi) has expanded significantly.

What was distinctive about the founding principles and practices of Quakerism?

En "La Era de la Fraternidad", Jorge Úbeda presenta una visión renovada sobre la fraternidad como un pilar esencial para una nueva era de convivencia humana.

This book presents a historically informed, theoretically systematic, and critically articulated theory of respect that challenges many of the presuppositions of the current debate in ethics and politics.

German Idealism was one of the most fertile and important movements in the history of Western philosophy.

Hegel's philosophy has been of fundamental importance for the development of contemporary thought and for the very representation of Western modernity.

This book makes connections between selfhood, reading practice and moral judgment which propose fresh insights into Austen's narrative style and offer new ways of reading her work.

This book provides an overview of some of the most important critics of "e;Enlightenment rationalism.

German Idealism was one of the most fertile and important movements in the history of Western philosophy.

Fichte ist – trotz fabelhafter Gesamtausgabe – der am meisten interpretationsbedürftige Kopf der nachkantischen Philosophie.

In Conservatism, Past and Present: A Philosophical Introduction, Tristan J.

A beautiful reflection on the rhythm of God's justice and a call to engage with that rhythm in a way that takes us back toward healing, wholeness, and restoration.

This book evaluates the widespread preference in philosophy of mind for varieties of property dualism over other alternatives to physicalism.

This book evaluates the widespread preference in philosophy of mind for varieties of property dualism over other alternatives to physicalism.

The thought of Immanuel Kant is fundamental to understanding Western philosophy.