The history of English rationalism in the nineteenth century / by Alfred William Benn ; in two volumes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benn, Alfred William, 1843-1915, author.

Series:

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Religion, Reform, and Society.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Religion, Reform, and Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, English.

Rationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 volumes).

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Longmans, Green and Company, 1906.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

v. 1. Rationalism and the methods of faith

History of the relations between reationalism and Christianity to the end of the seventeenth century

The English deists

Rationalism in the second half of the eighteenth century

English rationalism before and after the revolution

Coleridge

Utilitarianism and romance

The religious reaction and its meaning

The turn of the tide

Comte, Carlyle, and Mill.

v. 2. The dissolution of pietism

The Unitarians and the broad church

The deliverance of criticism

The deliverance of science and philosophy

Compromise and conciliation

The reaction of rationalism on politics and literature

Reconstruction and reaction

Rationalism and the anti-clerical movement

The retreat of theology

The historical method.

Notes:

Reproduction of the original from the Lost Cause Press.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

689131658