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In search of humanity; the role of the Enlightenment in modern history.
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In search of humanity; the role of the Enlightenment in modern history.

Author: Alfred Cobban
Publisher: New York G. Braziller, 1960.
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Cobban, Alfred.
In search of humanity.
New York G. Braziller, 1960
(OCoLC)643521134
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Alfred Cobban
OCLC Number: 265316
Description: 254 p. 22 cm.
Contents: Introduction. The problem of the twentieth century ; The decline of political theory --
The foundations of the Enlightenment. The rise of modern science ; Cartesianism ; Scepticism ; The rise of toleration ; Locke's theory of knowledge ; The problem of good and evil ; The rise of political liberalism ; Montesquieu and the rule of law ; The historiography of the Enlightenment --
The Enlightenment of the eighteenth century. Materialism ; Voltaire and the war on religion ; The French utilitarians ; Hume and philosophic sceptism ; Diderot : science and morals ; Rousseau ; The politics of the Enlightenment --
The frustration of the Enlightenment. The wars of the French Revolution ; The rise of nationalism ; The idea of sovereignty ; Idealism and pessimism --
Conclusion. The moral crisis of the twentieth century ; The restoration of moral and political theory.

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