The Enlightenment of sympathy : justice and the moral sentimentalism in the eighteenth century and today /

Rationalists, the most famous of whom was Kant, posited a mind that was hierarchically arranged, with reason sitting atop of the passions. Yet as Michael Frazer argues, there were in fact two enlightenments - the sentimentalist enlightenment and the rationalist one - and this book reclaims the impor...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Frazer, Michael L.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Zusammenfassung:
Rationalists, the most famous of whom was Kant, posited a mind that was hierarchically arranged, with reason sitting atop of the passions. Yet as Michael Frazer argues, there were in fact two enlightenments - the sentimentalist enlightenment and the rationalist one - and this book reclaims the importance of the former.
Umfang:
1 online resource (246 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-988928-7
0-19-992023-0
9786612939457
0-19-978021-8
1-282-93945-9
Schlagworte:
Political science > Europe > History > 18th century.
Enlightenment.
Sentimentalism > Political aspects > History > 18th century.
Emotions (Philosophy) > History > 18th century.
Ethics, Modern > 18th century.
Reason > History > 18th century.
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